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    The Weekly Science Talk Radio Program

     With listeners in over 60 countries worldwide
    Monday, March 25, 2002
    I'll have the spicy wings

    If you've ever wanted a pair of wings (and I mean real wings; not the kind that hangs by elastic from your shoulders) your day has almost come. Dr. Joe Rosen of the Dartmouth Medical Center thinks that the technology to allow people to have wings will be available within 5 years. The plastic surgery techniques are already available. We're just waiting on the methods that will allow our brains to recognize the moulded flesh as a moveable part of the body, and to learn how to move them. Dr. Rosen is currently developing cochlear implants to improve hearing. To read more, click this.

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