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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most sites are being built just because they can be, and the newest ones are increasingly self-referential. In St. Louis, Missouri, Brian Gottlieb has wired his telephone to display to Internet users the hour and date of his most recent phone call. Paul Haas in Ypsilanti, Michigan, has hooked a computer to his refrigerator and hot tub to report their respective temperatures. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Michael Witbrock uses a voice synthesizer to let online visitors "talk" to the cat that likes to sleep in the warmth of his modem...
While not exactly best-seller material, The History and Geography of Human Genes is a remarkable synthesis of more than 50 years of research in population genetics. It stands as the most extensive survey to date on how humans vary at the level of their chromosomes. The book's firm conclusion: once the genes for surface traits such as coloration and stature are ) discounted, the human "races" are remarkably alike under the skin. The variation among individuals is much greater than the differences among groups. In fact, the diversity among individuals is so enormous that the whole concept of race...
...most compelling evidence to date of giant black holes was offered by U.S. scientists in the cover article for this month's Nature magazine. Using a string of radio telescopes, spread from the Caribbean to Hawaii, scientists identified an area of turmoil in space 1 1/2 light years wide -- or 40 million times the size of the Sun. TIME science reporter Michael Lemonick reports that "the very strong assumption is that it has got to be a black hole." He explains that black holes were believed to come in two types: many the size of one star, and others believed...
...memo also cites the high expected costs of the humanities center as a reason for pushing back the date of its opening. The rescheduling, however, will not require any additional funding and could even save money, according to the memo...
Rudenstine will assume all of his responsibilities when he goes back to work next semester, but he has not yet set an official return date, the acting president said...