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Different kinds of blood cells, red and white, come from a single kind of stem cell in bone marrow. These chameleon-like stem cells transform themselves into whatever kind of blood cells the body needs. The skin and liver have their own stem cells. "Maybe there is a brain stem cell, a mother cell that gives rise to all types of brain cell," Snyder says he wondered. "I wanted to find this cell and harness it to repair injured brains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can I Grow A New Brain? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...Billy Baldwin showed but left his dog at home. Apparently Baldwin isn't quite sold on e-commerce: "New York is so convenient - you can call your local pet store and get the bone, get the collar, get the food." What about ordering from Pets.com? "I haven't seen their catalog yet." Give that URL a whirl, Billy. MORE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Digital Dish | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

Preliminary analyses of hair, bone and teeth suggest that the animal died 20,380 years ago at a comparatively wizened 47 years--not bad for an animal that wouldn't have lived much beyond 60 anyway. Its overall mass indicates it was a male...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Free Woolly Out of the Cold | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...seemingly harmless shot in practice found it's way through her layers of padding and broke Springer's collar bone...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Springer Back Between the Pipes | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

Matthew Perry is one of those actors who has one great strength but is usually forced to milk it to the bone because it's the only real strength he has. In Perry's case, that particular ability is sarcasm; he excels at dishing out ridicule, firing one cutting remark after another, all the while wrapping his acerbic barbs in self-deprecation. Perry's got great timing and a needling delivery, and these qualities have helped make his Chandler Bing the most consistently funny and engaging character on "Friends" for the last five years. And Perry is an ideal sitcom...

Author: By William Gienapp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: You Know the Steps to This Tango | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

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