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...during the holiday season, you found yourself holding a glass of champagne. If the festivities were flagging, a question may have crossed your mind: What causes those delightful little bubbles that tickle your nose? In Uncorked: The Science of Champagne (Princeton University Press; 152 pages), Gérard Liger-Belair answers this and other questions that have occupied the wine world since the night French monk Dom Pérignon invented champagne in the late 17th century. Liger-Belair, an associate professor of physical Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade...
...debate is likely to be heated on Capitol Hill, don't look for it to take over the town square in Peoria. Despite privacy protection's rising profile as a political issue, Americans aren't exactly up in arms over protecting their medical records from prying eyes, says Robert Belair, a privacy lawyer in Washington, D.C., and cofounder of Privacy and American Business at the nonprofit Center for Social and Legal Research. "That's partly because this issue gets technical in a hurry," Belair says. "But it's also because the public is fairly pessimistic about privacy...
...attorney whose main concern is confidentiality issues, Belair offers a surprisingly cautious take on Clinton's rules for privacy of medical records. "These are the most sweeping health regulations of their kind. And I think the Bush administration did the right thing, opening up the rules to another round of commentary. There are still lingering questions about who's covered and when they're covered...
...Measured debate, says Belair, will help to save what privacy advocates and health care providers most want from these regulations. "Health information is very personal, and can be stigmatizing, and patients are right to be cautious about making it available," he says. "On the other hand, the health care sector needs to be able to use this information to deliver care and keep costs down. So there are very compelling arguments on both sides...