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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Scientists announce they have fused human cells with cow's eggs and created a hybrid cell. (Suggested co-star: Elsie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 23, 1998 | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...labs. "But on the other hand, some of these satellites are worth hundreds of millions of dollars, so you do take whatever precautions you can." Even a single direct hit could cause a communications disaster: Remember the malfunction of ComSat 3 earlier this year that put most cell phones and beepers to sleep? Now, some of us would see that as a blessing in disguise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Meteors Are Coming | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

Anwar: Shortly after being brought to the police cell, blindfolded and handcuffed, I was severely beaten on the head, neck and face, rendering me somewhat unconscious till morning. I gathered information later from police officers that the direct involvement of the police top brass cannot be excluded. Dr. Mahathir was monitoring developments by the minute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Is Drunk with Power | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

...children in the living room in the hours when they used to play Kick the Can. We can relax as planes, trains and automobiles zip us around the shrinking world--Boston today, New York tomorrow, Sri Lanka the next. We can both love and hate voice mail, call waiting, cell phones, car phones, beepers--they always keep us in touch, but they never leave us alone...

Author: By Marshall I. Lewy, | Title: Isolated in the Information Age | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

...Specially enhanced to resist rejection by the host body, the nerve cells -- taken from the pig's snout, no less -- not only restored the spine's protective sheath, but actually caused the spinal cord to regenerate itself. Researchers have already started testing the technique on monkeys; early results have been positive. Soon, they expect to move on to humans. But Alexion CEO Dr. Leonard Bell sounded a note of caution: "The best-case scenario is that patients may expect to become somewhat more independent in their everyday living but maybe not entirely independent," he said. Realistic expectations in cell technology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cell Therapy: In a Pig's Nose | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

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