Word: screening
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...other genes. "Right now," says Stanford biochemist Patrick Brown, "it's like watching a movie on TV a few pixels at a time and trying to figure out the overall story. Having the complete genome sequence is something categorically different, like going from 100 scattered pixels on your screen to having the whole image. There will be a substantial increase in the rate at which discoveries are made...
...They have managed to bottle it up so that you can only have it on your screen," Zittrain said...
...gate in April, initiating a two-part movie to air sometime in November, and Fox moved to scoop them by planning a project to air by September. But Golan, better known for such cinematic gems as "Death Wish" and "Raid on Entebbe," is notoriously quick at rushing stories to screen - his most recent effort was a low-budget screamer about the Miami shooting of Gianni Versace. So although Golan promises to be first and claims to have presold "Elian: The Gonzalez-Boy Story" (yes, that's the title) in five countries, including Germany, its real revenue stream...
...which contains between the unexpectedly plain walls of its central courtyard a freestanding auditorium in the rough shape of a giant horse's head. "That's the most mystical thing I've ever done," says Gehry. "The best shape I've ever made." He designed it on a computer screen, which is rare for him. Though computers are essential to plot the specs for his complicated forms, in the design phase Gehry works like a sculptor, drawing and building three-dimensional models, one after another after another. The earliest ones might be so loose that he makes them with crumpled...
...might have been different if I had had AOLTV. Scheduled to be introduced this week and available in early July from America Online (which is getting ready to merge with Time Warner, this magazine's parent company), AOLTV lets you send instant messages to friends right from the TV screen as you watch your favorite soap, baseball game or reality-TV show. AOLTV also lets you surf the Net and read e-mail. Best of all, you don't need a computer. Instead, you hook a VCR-like box up to your TV and run a phone cord from...