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...sail on The Beagle, but in a literal sense the movie does deliver, in that we do get to see Darwin (Paul Bettany) repeatedly sit down at his desk and move a pen across paper. Eventually, we see him drop a fat parcel in the back of a horse-drawn wagon, sending his Origin manuscript off to his publisher...

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

...lose three," says Vincent Hubert, a software engineer at Montreal-based Simbioz, a tech company that is developing futuristic hand-gesture technology like the kind seen in Minority Report. It's the same kind of problem speech-recognition software faces in handling unusual accents. (See the 25 best back-to-school gadgets...

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

...look for a certain skill set, a body type to fit with what we’re trying to do as a club,” Bravo said. “Akpan is a big, aggressive guy who is good with his back towards goal, courageous, and a good finisher. Those are the qualities we look to in a forward...

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Akpan and Nyamekye Selected in MLS SuperDraft | 1/22/2010 | See Source »

...Just got back to campus and need to grab a meal? Check to see if your House dining hall is open...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Which Dining Halls Are Open? | 1/22/2010 | See Source »

...property markets are a growing piece of the Chinese economy. The total value of property sales in 2009 - $644 billion - equals one-eighth of the total GDP for the year. That growing reliance is not only hard to cut back on, but it creates a further risk, adds Xie. "The Chinese economy is so dependent on property, but property is not a productive asset. It doesn't have a long-term benefit for the country's economic production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amid Recovery, China's Property Market Soars | 1/21/2010 | See Source »

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