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...membrane somehow benefit from that hole. Cohen theorizes that embryos that don't implant may be having trouble "hatching" through the shell that housed the original egg. The tiny hole Cohen makes to help the sperm get in may be helping the embryo get out -- and may suggest a method for helping increase implantation rates across the board...
...underlying theme is how much easier these urban young find it to couple in the dark than to commit their hearts or even voice their feelings. A woman bluntly tells a man trying to seduce her that the romantic method won't work. The central male, informed that someone loves him, replies that no such thing exists. His best friend's mantra: "Everybody lies." To underscore the nihilism, playwright Brad Fraser, 32, interweaves teen folklore of erotic mayhem, references to AIDS and a gradual unveiling of a serial killer -- all with mordant humor (a man going to a pickup...
...second book, The Minus Man, capitalizes on this interest in a rather touching way. Considering its subject matter, this book is surprisingly civilized. The Minus Man, a first-person account, contains lots of sordid thoughts but very little gory detail. For example, the killer uses poison, a distinctly sanitary method of murder...
...past decade, researchers in developed countries have realized that they have much to learn from traditional agriculture. Formerly, such farming was often viewed as inefficient and downright destructive. "Slash and burn" agriculture, in particular, was viewed with contempt. Following this method, tribes burn down a section of forest, farm the land until it is exhausted and then move on to clear another patch of trees. This strategy has been blamed for the rapid loss of tropical rain forests...
...surgeons present admitted referring patients for the technique. Some 30 hospitals around the country now have chiropractors on staff, and multidisciplinary clinics that offer both medical and chiropractic care have sprung up in several urban centers. In addition, a small band of "research" chiropractors has begun testing the method in carefully designed clinical trials. "Manipulative medicine," declares Dr. Nortin Hadler, a rheumatologist at the University of North Carolina, "is no longer a taboo topic...