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...battles over the state of climate science--from the halls of Congress to the overheated blogosphere--the truth is that our planet still has the potential to surprise us. On Feb. 26, a team of French and Australian scientists reported news of a huge iceberg's collision with the Mertz Glacier on the eastern coast of Antarctica. A chunk of sea ice approximately the size of Luxembourg was gouged out. Owing in part to warming global temperatures, Antarctica is losing ice all the time--about 24 cu. mi. (100 cu km) worth each year--a development that is slowly...
...counter stereotypes of math’s “nerdiness.” For too long, mathematics has languished in academic and social disrepute among elementary and high schools students. Changing the social perception of math is integral to its revival as a culturally valued subject. Janet E. Mertz, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, laments the social stereotyping in math: “Kids in high school, where social interactions are really important, think, ‘If I’m not an Asian or a nerd, I’d better...
...feel more sexy, more virile, and it helps me get into character," says Ford Model Philip Sturgeon, who has appeared, whiskers bristling, in magazine layouts and ad campaigns for Levi's and Macy's California. In the words of Wilhelmina Artists' Agent Christopher Mertz, "Now it's a commodity, it's a look the clients can bank on." Says New York Casting Director Billy Serow: "A couple of years ago, it was the James Garner-Mariette Hartley look. Today, if you're dealing with anything hip, Miami Vice is the prototype...
...ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats, which they regarded as sacred. Mertz carries on the tradition. In her two-story solarium, dappled with sunlight, it seems as though cats are everywhere, strutting and preening as household gods. "They're all a little mad at me, because yesterday was the day for the vet," confides Mertz. In all, there are five felines: Dorothy, Nefret, Emerson, Ellery and Sethos...
...Mertz is a bountiful grandmother to her six grandchildren. But she is no one's cliched idea of a 75-year-old. "I've become more like Amelia as the years have gone on," she says. "I created a heroine who is aggressive and independent. I used to be very mealymouthed and very polite. It's partly a matter of getting older, I think. Do you really care what people think, as long as you are doing what you think is right? The answer...