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...this is just as exciting as it sounds, but director Jon Amiel's main intent is to frame Darwin's authorship of one of the most important books of all time around the death of a child, Darwin's 10-year-old daughter Annie (Martha West). Between her loss and his grief, Creation is a doubleheader of misery and melancholy that serve mostly to make you look forward to the writing bits. After a bout of scarlet fever, Annie languished for weeks. She was apparently the light of Darwin's life, and the movie does not miss an opportunity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Creation: The Origin of Darwin's Origin of Species | 1/22/2010 | See Source »

...computers are racist" video went viral, with almost 2 million views, and HP, naturally, was quick to respond. "Everything we do is focused on ensuring that we provide a high-quality experience for all our customers, who are ethnically diverse and live and work around the world," HP's lead social-media strategist Tony Welch wrote on a company blog within a week of the video's posting. "We are working with our partners to learn more." The post linked to instructions on adjusting the camera settings, something both Consumer Reports and Laptop Magazine tested successfully in Web videos they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Face-Detection Cameras Racist? | 1/22/2010 | See Source »

...heard about them elsewhere first. How do you account for that in your research? We post to the website the near-death experience exactly as it was shared with us. Given the fact that every month 300,000 pages are read [by] over 40,000 unique visitors from all around the world, the chances of a copycat account from any media source not being picked up by any one of those people is exceedingly remote. Our quality-assurance check is the enormous visibility and the enormous number of visitors. (See what happens when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Such a Thing as Life After Death? | 1/22/2010 | See Source »

...there’s the simple fact that fewer people are in the Houses. Although a total of 1,316 students were granted January housing, Interim Director of Advising Programs Inge-Lise Ameer said in October that the number of students at Harvard at any given moment would be around 1,000. With a total enrollment of 6,655 students at the College, according to the Registrar’s Office, that means less than one out of every six students has been present at a given time in January...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin and Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Lonely Campus, Hospitable Houses | 1/21/2010 | See Source »

House gatherings over J-Term largely centered around food, catering to upperclassmen tired of walking to Annenberg for each meal. As House dining halls are closed, Currier and Leverett Resident Deans each organized a House dinner. Cabot, Kirkland, and Lowell held s’mores study breaks...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin and Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Lonely Campus, Hospitable Houses | 1/21/2010 | See Source »

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