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...Blade Runner,” in which cloning has blurred the line between human and non-human beyond recognition. The way that society has chosen to deal with that fear is to hold scientists at arms length, to label them “the other,” to borrow a phrase, and pigeonhole them into crude caricatures—the necromantic Victor Frankenstein who yells “Eureka!” and laughs madly, or the crotchety old hunchback laboring over fuming beakers—that are strange and abnormal. The dehumanization of scientists is not simply...

Author: By Brian J. Rosenberg, | Title: The Misunderstood Scientist | 7/28/2006 | See Source »

...YOUR STOCKS Oil, war and stocks don't mix. When consumers get pinched by higher prices and pay more to borrow, investors are worried that they'll have less to spend, thus lowering overall demand for goods and services. That's already begun to happen. After growing 5.6% in the first three months of the year, the economy is expected to expand only 3% the rest of the year. Thatand the uncertainty created by the Middle East fightinghas helped batter the stock market; the S&P 500 is down 5% since early May. And rates are rising overseas as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Inflation Means For ... | 7/16/2006 | See Source »

...having an interest in unusual music, and your parents aren?t going to be like, I?m so excited you?re getting into rock 'n' roll or whatever it is. I felt a large part of me was unconventional and I didn?t want that part to die. We borrow from each other emotionally. And so if I know they don?t believe in this, all I?m going to see when I look at that page is I don?t believe in this, either. I told them, I won?t be able to pull this off in this atmosphere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Behind Lady in the Water | 7/15/2006 | See Source »

...Platial.com is a mashup site that allows users to create individual maps and provides search capabilities so that members can share with and borrow from others' creations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mapping Out the Future | 7/10/2006 | See Source »

...travel - there is likely an existing mashup to guide you. If not, you can always mash your own. Here are some of the best sites: Platial.com is a mashup site that allows users to create individual maps and provides search capabilities so that members can share with and borrow from others' creations. Housingmaps.com mates Google Maps with classified-ad giant Craigslist.org to offer an interactive way to look for housing in the U.S. The mashups show where the properties on offer are located, so house hunters are spared the physical effort of pacing out the distance to, say, the nearest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mapping Out The Future | 7/6/2006 | See Source »

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