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Seeing in the dark could soon be as easy as popping a pill or squeezing some drops into your eyes, thanks to some new science, an unusual deep-sea fish, and a plant pigment. In the 1990s, marine biologist Ron Douglas of City University London discovered that, unlike other deep-sea fish, the dragonfish Malacosteus niger can perceive red light. Douglas was surprised when he isolated the chemical responsible for absorbing red: It was chlorophyll. “That was weird,” he says. The fish had somehow co-opted chlorophyll, most likely from bacteria in their food, and turned it into a vision enhancer.

Students often use the excuse that the best times of their lives are in college so they can use drugs and abuse alcohol, but I recently found out that you can still party well after the convocation ceremony. While attending the Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band concert in Knoxville, Tenn., with my father, I saw baby boomers doing everything college students do today. I expected the concert to be fun, but watching these 40-, 50- and 60-year-olds partying was truly a learning experience. While rocking out to tunes like "Still the Same" and "Turn the Page," the older...

March 9, 2005 — A Glendale Heights club has been sued by the legendary band Led Zeppelin. The club has apparently been playing the songs of Zeppelin and other groups without having paid the yearly licensing fee required of clubs, restaurants and bars. Chances are the surviving members of Led Zeppelin have no idea this suit even exists. But lawyers for the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, or ASCAP, has filed suit against the owners of the club 602 North in Glendale Heights. The suit claims that during an October investigation of 602 North, songs by not only...

<p>What happens when you're inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? If you're a normal Michigan guy who happens to be a rock star, your wife, Nita, and kids Samantha, 8 and Cole, 11 pile onto you as you're preparing to watch the Pistons game.</p>

Attention all Rock and Roll lovers, and Bob Seger fans in particular. Please take a minute and sign the petition to induct Bob Seger into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Rock on!!!

<p>Rock star Bob Seger gets a hug after his boat, Lightning, was listed as the provinsional winner.</p> <p>MACKINAC ISLAND -- Bob Seger is known for his music, but his sailing accomplishments are beginning to gain acclaim.</p> <p>Seger, skipper of Lightning, was listed Monday as the provisional winner in the PHRF A division of the 78th annual Bayview Port Huron to Mackinac sailboat race.</p>