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...find that now produces about 100,000 carats of dull-brown rough every day and has about 1 trillion carats left to give. The Argyle Diamond Mine is the richest in the world in terms of the sheer number of stones, but they are small and dingy, mostly the color of breakfast tea. They seemed destined to end up as knife blades, dental tools and drilling bits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dark Core of a Diamond | 6/20/2006 | See Source »

...green curry with tiny, delicate Thai eggplant, slivers of bamboo shoots and baby bok choy. Ismail has toned down the fish sauce, and instead of the rougher texture of ground fresh coconut, his curry gets a silky smoothness from coconut milk and chicken stock and an almost grass green color from cilantro puree. Overton raves but doesn't have a place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catering To the Melting Pot | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

Medical care can be a gamble--and patients often don't understand the odds. University of California researchers aim to change that, with an interactive Web-based tool that they are calling the roulette wheel. This color-coded visual model uses a computer algorithm to help patients and their doctors assess the possible outcomes of different treatments. Take the prostate-specific-antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer, for example. The wheel for PSA screening shows a typical patient the potential harm (incontinence, impotence, death) or benefit (no symptoms) that could result from treatment following a PSA test in which high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The High Stakes of Medicine | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

Text-only classifieds render little of the feel of a home or its surroundings, but Trulia.com a new tool for buyers, brings fresh color to your search. Combining Google maps and listings from some 50,000 real estate sites, Trulia enables you to pick a city and drill down to a neighborhood, style of home and price range that appeal to you. You get pictures and contact info for following up. Still in beta, the site will go nationwide within months. A worthy alternative: Propsmart.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Home Pages | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

...have a favorite color? LHS: Crimson...

Author: By Sam Teller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fifteen Questions with Lawrence H. Summers | 6/8/2006 | See Source »

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