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...where peace is the issue, hot is the style, and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean is rapidly becoming the flavor of the month. Ask an Iowa Democrat about Gephardt or Lieberman, and the most common reaction is a sigh. Meanwhile, Dean is wicked fun, a candidate who works without text and without net, excoriating his fellow Democrats for supporting President Bush on Iraq (while cleverly leaving a way to support Bush himself - if Saddam is found to be developing nukes, and if the United Nations is willing to go along). Dean speaks English, not focus group or legislatese. He sounds...
...Ban’s paper-based masterpieces have been used in disaster relief, such as U.N. refugee shelters in Turkey and Rwanda and community houses in Kobe after the 1995 earthquake. This exhibit features 16 of Ban’s projects documented through architectural and engineering drawings, images and text, as well as special installations and prototypes. See full story in Feb. 7 section. Through March 16. Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Free admission. Gund Hall G Gallery, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St. (617) 495-4315. (PKF/RC...
...pages of text that comprise the University’s brief present an argument which explains Harvard’s use of race as one factor in admissions...
...other hand, we are learning that each letter in that text can spell the difference between blond and brunet, tall and short, life and death. A woman who carries a mutation in the BRCA1 gene can have a seven times greater chance of developing breast cancer. Scientists in Utah last week announced the discovery of a gene that seems to predispose carriers to depression. We are learning these things in part because of Watson, who, having revealed the simplicity of DNA's structure, wanted to explore the complexity of its function. He helped persuade Congress to fund the Human Genome...
...must-have accessory. "Just don't give them to children," says Salford, affirming a message delivered in 2000 by the U.K.'s Stewart Commission on the health effects of mobile phones. So far, however, such warnings have largely been ignored by the young users who send billions of text messages every month and who feed a thriving industry that pitches everything from mobile games to cartoon-themed phone covers to children. Phone makers say they're trying to take a responsible approach to these concerns, rather than simply denying them, a la big tobacco. "We were established to contribute...