Here's a look at the articles that caught the eyes of our
editors this week. Enjoy, and pass them on to your
friends...
---Science---
A Salon writer explores the options and procedures for
having your body cryonically frozen after death.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52995
Should chlorine-containing chemicals be banned? A growing
number of scientists believe that their side effects
outweigh their benefits, according to Popular Mechanics.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53712
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53712
Technology Review looks at the future of organ
transplantation: soon, scientists may be able to engineer
replacement parts from a patient's own tissue.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53792
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53792
---Health & Illness---
Time Europe reports on the hazards of long-haul flying, from
illness to air rage.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53475
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53475
Science News has a story on the common traits researchers
have found in individuals who live to be over 100.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53169
---Finance---
eCompany Now addresses the fears of investors who weren't
greedy, but whose investments are still in the tank.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52975
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52975
FEER reports that India's biggest software company, TCS, is
healthy and getting ready to list.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53158
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53158
U.S. News reports on the "economic tsunami" bearing down on
Japan that could collapse Asia's largest economy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53289
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53289
---Business---
eCompany Now dissects the mess that was once the booming
field of e-consulting.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53033
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53033
Fast Company reports on technology developed by a Russian
mathematician that translates the legacy software that many
businesses still use into modern code.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53175
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53175
A CIO article surveys the booming science -- and business --
of computer forensics.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53399
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53399
Salon reports that even programmers are starting to feel the
pinch as the U.S. economy worsens.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53772
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53772
A U.S. News article reports that a growing number of dot-com
workers are developing serious drug problems with such
stimulants as cocaine and methamphetamine. For the record,
we at MagPortal.com rely solely on caffeine.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53353
---The Internet---
An eCompany Now article discusses why, and how, sites like
NBCi, Go and Excite -- indeed, most web portals except
Yahoo! -- have failed.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53043
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53043
An Industry Standard article reports that by being frugal
when rival networks were spending lavishly on Net portals
and focusing on its core competency -- its TV shows -- CBS
is proving to be TV's online winner.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53485
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53485
Business 2.0 profiles Lawrence Lessig, a scholar and
Internet activist whose influential views infuriate
Microsoft, Hollywood, and AOL.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53570
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53570
A Kiplinger's article divulges the methodology and history
of Gomez, a site where consumers can find rankings of
e-commerce companies from booksellers to brokerages.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53630
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53630
---Social Issues---
New Scientist reports on the poaching that threatens to
render India's sacred Asian elephants extinct.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52973
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52973
A Technology Review article argues against the enforcement
of drug patents in AIDS-stricken Africa.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53615
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53615
A New Republic article remarks upon how children are now
being portrayed in the movies and on TV as abnormally
mature.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53077
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53077
---U.S. Politics---
A Salon article describes how fragmentation among House
Democrats is hurting their ability to stand up for the
party.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53222
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53222
A Time article wonders whether George W. Bush leans too hard
on his ailing Vice-President.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53426
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53426
U.S. News reports on the U.S. Census finding that Hispanics
may now be the nation's largest minority group.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53406
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53406
A Weekly Standard article shudders at the thought of the
racial gerrymandering that will characterize the
redistricting of legislative districts thanks to new census
data -- and blames both parties for doing nothing to avoid
it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53683
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53683
---Books---
Salon reviews "Inside Pitch", a book arising out of an
anthropologist's five-year study of the everyday life of
professional baseball players, from the minor leagues to the
majors.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53256
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53256
Buy this book:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1560989882/magportalcom
---Music---
Time Europe interviews the world's most popular songwriter,
a reclusive Swede named Max Martin who has become a one-man
hit factory.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=53500
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=53500
---Colleges---
Wow! A Harvard grad with a 3.7 GPA?! Oh, wait, that's the
average grade there. The Weekly Standard reports on grade
inflation at Harvard U. and how a professor's stand against
it is exacerbating the school's racial tensions.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51566
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51566
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