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---Science---
A Lingua Franca article looks at the science of concert hall
design.
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New Scientist explains that Chinese orange growers have for
17 centuries relied upon a fierce biting ant to protect
their groves, and it still seems the best way.
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U.S. News reports on research showing that liposuctioned fat
can be a source of valuable stem cells.
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New Scientist interviews a researcher whose inquiries into
autism have found a large number of undiagnosed autism
sufferers are male scientists. (This may explain the
uncanny focus of our CEO.)
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---Under the Sea---
FEER reports that biotechnology will help humans tap the
vast resources of the ocean, but advances may come too late
to stop threats to biodiversity.
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Science News writes of a new source of environmentally clean
electricity generated from ocean waves.
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Scientific American explains the science behind new
technology that will allow vessels and projectiles to travel
underwater at jet-like speeds.
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---Books---
New Scientist reviews "Buried Alive", a new book on the
history of humankind's fascination with, and fear of,
premature interment.
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Salon reviews "Secret Places", a memoir by an amateur
ethnographer who lived among former headhunters and even
sampled their cuisine.
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---The Internet---
A Wired article paints a picture of the broadband future.
Content will be rich and fast, but it won't be free.
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A Web Techniques article looks at how companies'
cease-and-desist letters can seriously backfire when they
meet up with Net culture.
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A very special Yahoo! Internet Life article narrates the
process of recovering from AOL addiction.
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---U.S. Society & Politics---
A Salon article examines the generation of young people who
got hooked on credit cards when economic times were good and
are now filing for bankruptcy in record numbers.
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New Republic laments that conservatives' principled
opposition to China has withered as greed for the Chinese
market grows.
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---World Politics---
Can Joseph Kabila, who replaced his assassinated father as
the leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo, turn his
country around? Time Europe assesses his chances.
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A government-backed monopoly has seized Russia's only major
independent TV network. A New Republic article attempts to
explain why most Russians don't seem to mind.
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Time Asia distills four lessons Washington should learn from
the spy plane crisis in China.
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---Social Issues---
According to a U.S. News article, evidence is building that
Russian soldiers are committing atrocities in Chechnya.
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A Time article defends 'Survivor'-type TV shows on the
grounds that they're actually moral.
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Does watching a murderer's execution bring closure to the
victims' families? Salon explores the issues surrounding
the decision to show Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh's
execution on closed-circuit TV.
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---Business---
A Fast Company article foresees the reemergence of guilds as
the "free agent" sector of the workforce grows.
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U.S. News delivers an obituary for online delivery service
Kozmo.com.
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Time reports that government support may help get the
e-health industry off the ground.
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Industry Standard reports on the health care sector's shock
that the Bush administration actually upheld Clinton-era
medical privacy restrictions.
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---Technology in Business---
When Dallas bureaucrats realized that only one IT employee
remained who could work the city's antique operating system,
they knew they had to upgrade. CIO follows their story.
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Fast Company interviews the author of Lotus Notes and a new
peer-to-peer application called Groove about how P2P will
improve business communication.
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An Industry Standard article shows how offline travel agents
have survived, even thrived, when online services were
supposed to put them out of business.
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PC World covers an experts' meeting on how to secure the
wireless Web.
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---Education---
With colleges bidding for the highest scorers, a Time
article reports, more scholarships are going to students who
don't need them.
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Education Week reports that all 16,000 of Hawaii's public
school teachers, from kindergarten to grad school, are on
strike.
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---Non-Groundbreaking Scientific News---
Golf Digest takes to the lab to test the impact forces of
golf balls on crash dummies. The results? Getting
hit in the head with a golf ball can be very bad.
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