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...early February, Schaffer drew a picture titled “Cocoon Me.” On the right side of the page there is a strange, alien figure. Merging with this figure on the left is a butterfly in full flight. “It was a ‘foreshadowing’ picture,” Schaffer says...
...some time), was approved as expected on the final day of the FDA's six-month priority review. News of the approval immediately went up on the FDA website, the first time the agency notified the public of its decision in real time. And then the world celebrated: Cocoon was played out in every Florida retirement community, marriages moved on to deeper problems, the porn industry was democratized and talk-show hosts got a new way to tell Bill Clinton jokes. --By Joel Stein
...issue," notes Salford. An even bigger issue may be the increasing use of wireless technology in everyday devices like refrigerators, ovens and computers. These gadgets are expected to provide manufacturers with much of their growth as mobile-phone use reaches its saturation point; but they will also create a cocoon of microwave radiation around our daily lives. For the time being, though, the findings are probably most worrying for parents of the 80% of European teenagers who use mobile phones. The Lund research team used young rats (12 to 26 weeks of age), because their developing brains and thinner, smaller...
...last week when he repudiated segregation and all forms of racism? Lott told TIME that "it wasn't any one moment or epiphany" but rather many experiences, especially as he has got to know better the poorest parts of his home state. "We've lived in this cocoon in Pascagoula," he said. "Everybody had a job. The schools were good. But it's different in the Delta." There, he says, "I've seen that a lot of people don't have the opportunity we had." Lott adds that he has long assumed that his efforts to bring federal dollars...
...having a love-hate affair with your blankets? Do you throw them off at 2 a.m. because you're too hot and then desperately cocoon at 6 a.m. to warm up? Perhaps you need Outlast's new Adaptive Comfort bedding. It introduces climate control where it counts--under the covers. The pillow, mattress pad and duvet cover look quite conventional--boring even, as they come only in white. But each is sewn with a layer of tiny capsules, called thermacules, that absorb, store and release heat as needed to regulate temperature. A version of this "phase change" material, originally developed...