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...fledged Actor, brilliant at allowing the viewer to discover, as if in confidence, the emotions that roil his characters' souls. In his third shot with Scorsese, after Gangs of New York and The Aviator, DiCaprio has become the director's new DeNiro - implosive instead of explosive, but just as crucial to each other's success and identity. I hope they make more films together, with DiCaprio as the tortured good cop in Scorsese's cinematic inferno...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faithful Departed | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

...momentum to keep this industry movement going? There seems to be. Whereas insurers used to pass off environmental liability onto government, they now believe that climate change is so serious a threat to their business that they can't wait for government to take the initiative. "The industry is crucial to the functioning of the global economy," says Andrew Logan, energy and finance program director at the ethical-investment organization CERES. As the storm season winds down, activists pray the industry doesn't lose focus. "If there isn't a big hurricane season this year, it could slow things down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Influences: Weather or Not? | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

Until recently, there was no way to unravel these crucial differences. Exactly what gives us advantages like complex brains and the ability to walk upright--and certain disadvantages, including susceptibility to a particular type of malaria, AIDS and Alzheimer's, that don't seem to afflict chimps--remained a mystery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes us Different? | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

...genome's dark matter is, in fact, junk--the residue of evolutionary events long forgotten and no longer relevant. But a subset of the dark matter known as functional noncoding DNA, comprising some 3% to 4% of the genome and mostly embedded within and around the genes, is crucial. "Coding regions are much easier for us to study," says Carroll, whose new book, The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution, delves deep into the issue. "But it may be the dark matter that governs a lot of what we actually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes us Different? | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

...website would be fixed soon because he would “definitely need to know more details” before committing to HCAP. “This is where Harvard students will be going over spring break,” Mejia said. “The website is absolutely crucial to our foreign expansion efforts.” The HCS crash also prevented students for registering for this week’s Harvard Blood Drive. “I would say that the root cause was old and faulty equipment combined with the high demand,” Fasman wrote...

Author: By Jillian M. Bunting, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Server for Groups’ Websites Crashes | 9/29/2006 | See Source »

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