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...means that new, pristine tissue could be grown in labs to replace damaged or diseased parts of the body. And since these replacement parts would be produced using skin or other cells from the suffering patient, there would be no risk of rejection. "That means you've solved the age-old problem of transplantation," says West. "It's huge...
...horrified by the prospect that an age-old rivalry could potentially ruin a student's career. The crime committed was nothing more than a harmless prank, and it is sobering to think that this small mistake could bring a student a felony conviction and 20 years in jail. A short prison term could still have disastrous consequences--not even a Poonster deserves such severe punishment...
...perhaps the most sensationally odd occurrence of this New Year has been the refutation of an age-old basketball myth. Hold on to your seats, ladies and gentlemen, because as it turns out … White Men Can Jump...
...these technologies. In the end, we will have no choice but to address the threats emerging from technology through a combination of ethical standards, technological "immune systems" and law enforcement. Although I believe the hazards are real, I am optimistic that we will ameliorate these dangers while we overcome age-old problems of human distress. The merger of humanity and its technology is the inevitable next step in the evolutionary progress of intelligence on our planet...
...weeks before The Game against Yale, the Undergraduate Council last night called for the settling of what member Paul A. Gusmorino '02 called an "age-old gripe": that Harvard undergraduates have to pay $12 for a ticket to The Game--even when it's at Harvard...