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...been divorced three times before that. Yes. My first marriage was really a starter marriage of one year to somebody who was quite mad. Brilliant and mad. And the marriage came apart when he had a breakdown. So it seems like not a marriage at all because we were both so young. My marriage to Allan Jong and to Jonathan Fast were more real marriages, but we outgrew each other. Ken and I have a good marriage, I think, in that we allow each other complete freedom and space. Nobody is trying to imprison the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love, Erica Jong Style | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...bitter, binary argument: is it nature or is it nurture - is genius genetically inherited, or are geniuses the products of stimulating and supportive homes? Simonton takes the reasonable position that geniuses are the result of both good genes and good surroundings. His middle-of-the-road stance sets him apart from more ideological proponents like Galton (the founder of eugenics) as well as revisionists like Gladwell who argue that dedication and practice, as opposed to raw intelligence, are the most crucial determinants of success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Genius Born or Can It Be Learned? | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...course on sex, dating, and what men or women want. Get one of our football players to pontificate for three weeks about the rules and strategies of the gridiron. The novelty would entice prospective teachers and curious extracurricular learners alikeā€”not to mention set Harvard University apart in yet another...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: What I Did Next January | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...supplying bereaved pet owners with a copies of their deceased pets and police with new K9 units is not the only goal for many of these Korean scientists. Since canines share more disease patterns with humans than any other animal species apart from mice, animal reproduction experts like Lee and Kim Min Kyu at Chungnam National University see dogs as a great medical resource. "Dogs have similiar physiology and can communicate with humans,' explains Lee. He is currently working on producing a "transgenic" dog - or a dog whose DNA is manipulated to either delete or introduce new genes - to enable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea's Pet Clone Wars | 2/10/2009 | See Source »

...more than 100,000 recyclers in Peru. We hear them in Lima with their horns, calling for used bottles, paper and metal. They are generating income and doing a job that in other countries costs a fortune," says Environment Minister Antonio Brack. Brack says each ton of recycled paper, apart from cleaning up the environment, saves about 20 trees, contributing to Peru's ambitious goal of setting aside more than 50 million hectares of forests - an area double the size of Colorado - to help mitigate the effects of global warming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru's Scavengers Turn Professional | 2/10/2009 | See Source »

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