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...answer is a resounding yes, as evidenced by two groundbreaking papers published on Tuesday. In the journal Cell, Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University reports success in turning back the clock on cheek cells from a middle-aged woman, while James Thomson of University of Wisconsin, the first to isolate human embryonic stem cells, achieved the same feat with foreskin cells from a newborn baby. The achievements completely reset the boundaries of the stem cell debate, because both groups generated cells that looked and acted like embryonic stem cells, but without the need for eggs, embryos or ethical quandaries about where...
...that was the dagger, Lin’s three-pointer as the shot clock expired with 1:36 remaining to give the Crimson an 89-68 edge was the nail in the coffin, capping off the big nine-minute...
...potential consequences of climate change weren't scary enough, the IPCC emphasized just how little time we have left to try to change the future. The panel reported that the world would have to reverse the rapid growth of greenhouse gases by 2015 to avert the worst consequences. The clock was running. "What we will do in the next two, three years will determine our future," said Pachauri. "This is the defining challenge...
...quarter: Harvard's just trying to run the clock out now, as Charles Baakel takes three consecutive carries in his final game. He's about a yard short on third down, and the Crimson punts to the Yale...
...local governments have done as much as they can on climate change. "In state after state, we're taking action," the governors say in the $3 million ads, which began airing on Nov. 19. "Now it's time for Congress to act by capping greenhouse gas pollution." The clock is running...