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...Using hair and water samples from around the U.S., the scientists produced a color-coded map showing the isotope levels in the water in different parts of the country. Specific cities cannot be pinpointed, but certain states and regions can be. "This analysis can eliminate about 90% of the U.S. as a possibility," says Cerling. "The ability to exclude is just as powerful as the ability to include in forensic science." "It helps me concentrate my efforts in a smaller area," explains Park. "It's like if you lose your car keys, instead of having to look through the entire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Real Life CSI Is Hair | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...makes a statement that could be viewed as raciallly offensive: "I think one problem with admissions is that too many qualified white students are not getting the spots they've earned," he says. "These students work hard all through school and then lose their spots to members of certain groups who have lower test scores, and come from less challenging environments. They get an unfair advantage." Crosby deliberately did not include the words "black" or "African American" in the conversation, in order to distinguish glances that could be based on simple association - looking at a black person when "black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Racist? The Importance of a Glance | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...That's bold talk and could be true, though even inhabitants of the Amazonian jungle have probably concluded by now that the only certain thing in this race is uncertainty. If you look at a four-month graph of the campaign, you will see that up to now, time has been very, very good to Obama. He has turned a 20-plus-point deficit in the national polls into a dead heat, spoiled Clinton's plans to wrap things up by Feb. 5 and ground his way through 43 primaries and caucuses to build a lead in pledged convention delegates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Collateral Damage | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...criticized Senator Obama about talking to certain leaders without any preconditions. What about the idea that we need to have some kind of relationship with Iran. How do you reopen diplomacy with Iran? What would be your strategy? I am glad you asked that because Senator Obama has taken my criticism of his specific answer in an earlier debate and expanded it to somehow imply that I do not favor diplomacy with Iran. And in fact, I believe, I was probably way ahead of him in calling for diplomatic engagement with Iran going back several years now. I recall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with Clinton: One Day at a Time | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...Talking to TIME the morning after the latest primaries, he promised that there would be no double standards. "If she continues, as over the last week, to bring up real estate transactions and the character of our supporters who have provided donations to our campaign, then we will make certain that she has to answer those same questions with respect to herself, her husband and her campaign," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Obama Play Offense? | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

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