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Francena is readied for the CAT scan, Thursday, April 19, 2012 in Brookfield, Illinois. Three of Brookfield Zoo's eight Mexican gray wolves were examined tip to tail by the veterinary staff and consultants for a study of the occurrence of nasal carcinoma in the wolves. The three four-year-old females had their eyes, teeth and blood examined and had CAT scans of their head. (Chuck Berman/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Saving the Mexican gray wolf a study in genetics

CHICAGO -- It is not a scene you expect to witness: a wolf, out cold, immobilized, its feral snout inside the giant doughnut ring of a high-tech medical device.

It's also striking purely on the level of language: a canine in a CAT scan. The Brookfield Zoo recently used the internal imaging technology common in human medicine to check its eight Mexican gray wolves for nose cancer.

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The Echo “Smartpen” device can record voice on a recording chip as a person takes notes during an interview or listening to a lecture.

Tombstones, pens and toilets: Microchips found in the most mundane places

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- To help make football a little safer, Intel officials last month proposed having players' helmets outfitted with microprocessors that would wirelessly alert doctors if the athletes suffered a hit hard enough to cause head injuries.

Strip club capitalizes on Palin you betcha

CHICAGO -- This was, if nothing else, free-market capitalism at work.

On the same night that Sarah Palin spoke before thousands in Rosemont, northwest of Chicago, a Chicago gentlemen's club held a Sarah Palin lookalike contest.

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