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TERC is likely only one of several genes that influence telomere length, says Tim Spector of Kings College London, who co-led the study. "Our next step will be to use whole genome sequencing to expand our search from 500,000 to 50 million [genetic] markers. TERC is almost certainly only the first piece of the genetic puzzle," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scientists Get Closer to Understanding Why We Age | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...using technology to make the system more efficient - and make it harder for people to cheat. But that's his second priority. "Before we talk about radical undertakings, we have to deal with the basics," he says. An expensive auditing system, for example, has been languishing unused for almost three years because the tender for the computer needed to run it has been tied up in court battles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taxing Times in Greece | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...thing we did was check how many friends (or “followers,” in Buzz lingo) we had. 29! Not bad. Then we noticed that one of them was a TF from Moral Reasoning last semester and another was Grandma's scrabble partner. Awkward. We were almost ready to take a break from Buzz when we got our first notification. It was a cousin buzzing about his intense CrossFit training and the number of “burpees” he did yesterday. TMI, we thought...

Author: By Sophie T. Bearman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: What’s the Buzz about Buzz? | 2/14/2010 | See Source »

...names the U.S. Government is still waiting for almost three years later. As in the earlier dispute, the U.S. still has options - including reigniting its now-suspended litigation. Washington also has trumps cards, including the nuclear option of having the Federal Reserve yank UBS' license to operate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. vs. Swiss Tax Cheats: A Whistleblower Ignored | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

...sensible men of Banner's age (he's in his early 40s) prefer to watch extreme sports rather than experience them. But nearly half of the 24 top riders in the Mavericks contest are in their 40s. It isn't really a competition for punks. Indeed, Banner sees surfing almost as a higher calling: "When I get out of the water, I feel cleansed, like it's what God intended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Surfing Super Bowl: Facing the Mavericks | 2/12/2010 | See Source »

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