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...City devotees may want to brush up on their algebra before they go shopping for their next pair of Manolo Blahniks. Mathematically inclined scientists at the Institute of Physics in London have devised a back-of-the-envelope (and slightly tongue-in-cheek) formula to help a woman determine just how high her heels can go before she topples over. Among the variables: number of years' experience wearing towering heels, time elapsed since the shoe was the height of fashion, and number of social cocktails the wearer plans to imbibe...
...pair of lab-mice studies roared in the world of reproductive biology. In the first, scientists created a mouse born by the fusion of two eggs. In the natural world this is known as parthenogenesis (from the Greek for "virgin birth"), a reproductive strategy used by some insects, invertebrates and the odd fish or reptile but unheard of in mammals. Given the technical difficulty, it's unlikely that you'll see this offered at the local IVF clinic anytime soon...
...physically nondescript Peter Sellers (a pair of glasses, really, with a man attached) was known for vanishing wholly into his characters. He disappeared into Inspector Clouseau, Dr. Strangelove and Being There's Chance the Gardener. But did he have a character of his own? It is a credit to HBO's The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (Dec. 5, 9 p.m. E.T.) and its star, Geoffrey Rush (Shine), that this TV biopic sometimes makes you want to know. We meet Sellers as a young radio comic supported by a loyal wife (Emily Watson) and driven to want more...
They declared an undying love for FM around this time last year, but promised to commit their Tuesdays to the mag on one condition: they would work as a pair. And what a pair they’ve been. Aleris and Caitlin turn out pages like nobody’s business, placing text, doing cutouts and sometimes drawing illustrations until late into the night. And when they take a break to throw impromptu dance parties in the basement, everyone watches. We’ll miss Aleris next year as she takes a break from 14 Plympton, but at least Caitlin...
...cutting” final clubs out of the picture, with some careful designing by Caitlin and Aleris to make it actually look like there were scissors cutting into the cover. We were happy with the result, and we’ll never look at a simple pair of scissors the same way again...