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...mice, two Korean scientists have conducted what may be the first cloning of a human embryo. They implanted genetic material from a 30-year-old woman into an egg cell, and then let that cell divide twice before stopping the experiment to steer clear of a Korean ban on experimentation with more fully developed embryos. "What this represents is a refinement of the Hawaii technique," says TIME science reporter Dick Thompson...
But it may not be enough to prove that an actual cloning has taken place. "One crucial moment is the 16-cell point. Cells divide automatically up to four cells, but it's only after they have divided to 16 that you have a pretty good chance that it's...
The Prince of Egypt is a grand experiment, a crusade to expand the frustratingly narrow boundaries of feature animation. The film and its laborious making are, finally, a bit like the Moses story: each is an illuminating adventure that stops just short of its own Promised Land.
In an e-mail message to House residents, House Master Howard Georgi '67 wrote, "while I have serious concerns about it, I think that an experiment is worth trying."
I heard about an experiment where rats were given the choice between food and cocaine. They chose the cocaine until they starved. The same thing will happen to the engineers. I predict they'll all starve to death inside their cubicle wonderlands.