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...tell us about ourselves, but Collins elevates cooking shows above all else. Watching What We Eat is a readable combination of sociology and wit sure to appeal to TV-food addicts, though kitchen novices might feel overwhelmed by the dense subject matter and obsessively detailed descriptions of lesser-known chefs and their programs. Still, it's a topic rich enough to reward deeper study - all the more reason to Tivo the next season of Top Chef...
...Planck will also attempt an extraordinary mathematical feat: calculating the total number of atoms in the universe. With that information, it can infer the total density of the mysterious quantity known as dark matter. "We're looking at the physics at the very beginning of the physical universe," says ESA director of science David Southwood...
...will be two months before Planck and Herschel reach their final destination, a gravitational "sweet spot" known as the Lagrange Point 2, where they can stay fixed in the same location relative to the earth and sun. Once there, they will need trillions of samples and bits of raw data before they can start generating their sky maps. But even if they deliver a fraction of the results that the eggheads on Earth are promising, the pictures should still be out of this world...
...often toxic side effects. Genomic Health, a biotechnology company, is hoping to launch the test commercially in 2010. The company isn't new to the field of cancer predictors: in 2007 it released the first test of this kind to predict the recurrence of breast cancer. That screen, known as Oncotype Dx, is used widely today and relies on a 21-gene assay to tell patients how likely their cancer is to recur and whether their tumors will respond to chemotherapy...
...June 17, I'm gonna step out onto the famed Carnegie Hall stage in New York City and do my usual foulmouthed brand of stand-up Q&A for a mix of society swells and bridge-and-tunnel stoners at the most well-known theater on the planet...