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...Rome's Cinecitta film complex, craftsmen are putting the finishing touches on an 18-ft., 550-lb. plaster statue of a male nude who could be a cousin of Michelangelo's David. From the neck up it is David-David Niven, that is. Niven has never seen the colossus, which is intended for his aptly titled film The Statue. His features were copied from photos. But he has learned that it deviates in one significant way from the prototype. "The statue has a fig leaf," the actor notes. "And quite a large...
Four billion years ago, when the young earth was still enveloped in a deadly atmosphere of ammonia and methane, the first forerunners of life emerged. How those complex molecules were formed remains a profound mystery. But scientists believe that some of the earth's primordial atmospheric molecules were broken up into their constituent atoms; regrouping into new molecules, these atoms formed organic compounds called amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein-and of life...
Whoever deserves the credit, the fact remains that scientists are synthesizing ever more complex elements, and coming closer to the day when they might create superheavy elements in the range of 110 (which would resemble platinum) to 114 (similar to lead). According to theory, they should be so long-lived that traces of them may still exist in their natural state on earth and the moon (scientists are looking for them in the lunar rocks brought back by Apollo). If they are ever found or-more likely-produced in the laboratory, says Ghiorso, "it would revolutionize chemistry. It would...
Herman finds contemporary rock more interesting than pop music a generation ago: tunes are longer and more complex, rhythms more diverse. Fortunately, the 16 young members of his current Herd-many of whom came from such music schools as Boston's Berklee and Indiana University-can play whatever Herman's arrangers ask. Woody returns the favor by giving them a remarkable measure of freedom. The group's spontaneity-perhaps the strongest remaining link to Herman's jazz past-attests to that. So does the individual success of such former Herman sidemen as Stan Getz, Zoot Sims...
Bombed to rubble in World War II, Rotterdam later became a marvel of economic growth. Holland's second biggest city now boasts the world's busiest port and a vast complex of petrochemical plants with blue-chip owners like Shell and British Petroleum. Unfortunately, the marvel also gushes appalling fumes - acrylates, hydrocarbons, paint solvents and sulfur dioxide. Of all Dutch deaths from bronchitis in urban areas, the highest number occur in Rotterdam. Dutch workers are quitting the city's industries, which are seeking replacements from as far away as Turkey...