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...June 1991 he had increased the number of identified genes by 347, up from 2,000. His bosses at NIH were so pleased that they rushed to patent them, only to set off a firestorm. Watson, then head of NIH's part of the Human Genome Project (another part is under the Department of Energy), denounced the move as "sheer lunacy" that would cause paralyzing legal battles. When the dust settled, NIH had withdrawn its patent proposal, Watson had quit the genome project, and Venter and Fraser, a former graduate student at Buffalo whom he had married after splitting with...
...emerges from the poll of 991 kids, ages 9 to 14, plus 400 parents and 103 middle school teachers, is a noteworthy disconnect in many families over parental involvement in their children's education. While 92% of the parents said they are very interested in their kids' schoolwork, the number falls to 75% when kids were asked if this is true of their parents. Similarly, 77% of parents said they help the kids with homework to help them learn more, as opposed to just checking it over to make sure it is done, but only 60% of kids agreed with...
Kids are becoming more materialistic too. Compared with the same survey last year, a greater number of kids (23%, up from 14%) say they would rather be rich and unhappy than poor and happy. While the majority of kids still say that if they had to choose between making more money and helping others, they would choose to help others, this year 39% would take the money (vs. 33% last year). A year ago, about the same number of kids wanted to become a CEO as wanted to be President of the U.S. This year 56% want...
...children being born to women older than 30 than to younger moms. A new study shows that for the first time, in 1996, slightly more than half the state's babies were born to older mothers, and the trend continued through 1998. Why? Experts say Massachusetts has a large number of highly educated women, and they tend to delay childbearing. Also, the state requires insurance companies to cover infertility treatments...
...just like those squads, the PRI came to the end of its run this weekend, losing not only the presidency but also a number of key government positions to challengers for the first time, um, ever. The big winner: Ex-Coca-Cola exec Vicente Fox and his National Action Party. Fox beat PRI candidate Francisco Labastida in a close race that in many ways came down to a question of style. And swagger...