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...bred a reverence for foreign cultures, as if every child of empire wanted to do something noble, like translate the Bhagavad Gita or teach for a year in Sierra Leone. Sadly, not so. In Britain, the imperialist adventure produced a belief that Britons were better than anyone with dark skin. In my hometown, imperialism bred a pervasive racism. When John Barnes, a great black soccer player, first played for Liverpool, the fans greeted him by throwing bananas on the field and making monkey noises. This was not in the 1950s...
...some network's fall lineup. Cold Cases is Without a Trace with cases that are 20 years old instead of 10 days old (i.e., Martha Moxley, not Chandra Levy). Fearless is a WB drama about an FBI agent (Rachael Leigh Cook) who is missing the fear gene. And Skin (Fox) is a Romeo and Juliet tale in which Romeo's dad is a district attorney and Juliet's dad is a porn magnate. Bruckheimer takes low culture and shines it up real pretty...
...finding won't eliminate the controversy around stem-cell research. Unlike the stem cells found in embryos, which can become anything from skin to nerves to muscle, the stem cells in baby teeth seem to transform themselves only into bone, nerve and fat cells, limiting their usefulness. They do, however, grow more quickly than stem cells found in full-grown adults. It's too early to suggest that children should start banking their baby teeth--and Shi for now has all the teeth he needs. Still, the Tooth Fairy must be very proud...
...foreign influences typically enter the country via its porous border with China, across which Chinese and North Korean traders smuggle videotapes and music cassettes. While food remains in desperately short supply, surplus porn has sent prices tumbling. In 1995, according to a Chinese broker who works the border, a skin flick sold for $100. "Now you don't earn money selling porn because it's so common. When you sell South Korean dramas, you give out a few porn videos for free...
...seen before." Shand and Goldsmith have a point. As Time reported two weeks ago, ETC Group's paper included a review of available health research on nanoparticles. After studying the findings, Vyvyan Howard, pathology professor at Liverpool University, England, concluded that ultrafine particles - which can readily pass through skin and other tissues - could prove toxic should they reach vulnerable parts of the body. In part, fears of nanotech are fueled by the realization that the science is reaching a tipping point - from theoretical possibility to economic reality. Thirty countries now have state-sponsored nanotech programs, all tilting for a slice...