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...CyberKnife system from Accuray Inc. allows doctors to treat tumors using a noninvasive, outpatient procedure that helps patients avoid the side effects of surgery, chemotherapy or other forms of radiation. It uses software and robotics to home in on cancerous tissue and deliver large doses of radiation while sparing surrounding healthy tissue...
Annoyed with the flagrant paper-wasting tactics of UC campaigns? Feel like exiting the Science Center has turned into a maze which you must navigate your way in and out of the crowd to avoid groups of shouting supporters? Bothered by candidates knocking on your door in the midst of midterm studying? If you need a break from the UC elections, check out “Man of the Year,” a dark comedy that explores what happens when a political satirist runs for the presidency as a joke—and wins. Starring Robin Williams, the film...
...film actually has a lot to teach us about other cultures—if the trailer is any indication. It begins in Britain, where, it seems, everything is different. For example, eye contact has different connotations. Here, it’s something to strive for in interviews and avoid on the subway; there, it means you’ve stolen some treasure. Witness two secret agent types stake out a palace gate as Nicholas Cage and his family emerge with a piece of wood. Cage makes eye contact with the agents. They make eye contact with him. And the chase...
...assistant director of counterterrorism at the FBI. That is a big improvement. But informants are not what most people think they are. They are not undercover FBI agents; they are untrained civilians who need something - badly. Usually, they need money or a way to reduce their prison sentences or avoid deportation. Many have criminal records, and the Justice Department's Inspector General reported in 2005 that 10% of a sampling of informants had committed new, unauthorized crimes while working...
...Israeli officials believe their intelligence services are privy to all the information on Iran gathered by their American counterparts, and vice versa. "We stand naked in front of each other, hiding nothing," claimed one Israeli intelligence officer, adding that the two nations' spy agencies often work in tandem to avoid any overlap. Israelis believe the U.S. has reached different conclusions from the same information because it does not feel the threat of Iran's missiles as acutely as Israel does...