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# 1 | Wilson Fowlie | May 9, 2008 10:54 AM
One of the vortex researchers, Dr. Georgios Vatistas, was interviewed on Quirks & Quarks this past weekend. See the third item at http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/07-08/may03.html for a downloadable interview.