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What stunned the scientists was where the peaks and dips of the graph fell. A trained astronomer can read a star's spectrum the way a forensic scientist reads a fingerprint, spotting almost at a glance the presence of an element like magnesium or carbon. But on this spectrum, something was drastically amiss. "It looks like somebody crumpled the spectrum," says Djorgovski. "It's not that we see things that we know about but are in the wrong place. It's simply that we don't know what they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cosmic Light No One Can Explain | 8/30/1999 | See Source »

...know why it was renamed. Maybe the dietary-supplements folks think Sammy sounds sexier than Sam.) Turns out that SAM or SAMe plays a pivotal role in hundreds of biochemical reactions in the body. It's a methyl donor, meaning that it can attach a molecule made of one carbon atom and three hydrogen atoms to various proteins, lipids and even snippets of DNA. Such methylation reactions are important in the production of many critical substances, including neurotransmitters in the brain and enzymes that help repair joints and the liver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is SAMe for Real? | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...world of benchmarks, there is Carbon-14. There is the 30-year United States Treasury bond. Is there also the Harvard undergraduate career...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: The Harvard Standard | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

...line skating is one of the fastest-growing sports in the U.S., with some 32 million devotees. And along with its growing popularity has come an array of new designs and high-tech materials, from carbon-injected plastic to glass-reinforced nylon. But I didn't really care about all that techie mumbo-jumbo. I just wanted a skate that felt fast, light and, above all, comfortable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Wheels | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

Owner Mallory Slate says the two stores are "carbon copies," and convenience is "absolutely" the only factor that would lead a consumer to choose one store over the other...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: When One Is Not Enough: Local Stores Square Off with Double Locations | 5/19/1999 | See Source »

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