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...Pudding is not a cure-all to Harvard's dramatic ills...
...discovery of a final theory is not going to help us cure cancer or understand consciousness, however. We probably already know all the fundamental physics we need for these tasks. The branch of science in which a final theory is likely to have its greatest impact is cosmology. We have pretty good confidence in the ability of the standard model to trace the present expansion of the universe back to about a billionth of a second after its start...
...reaction to the pair's joint remarks, widely misinterpreted as advocating a new, more restrictive position, was nonetheless useful in getting investors focused on the industry's progress since its bubble days. Then, biotechnologists assumed they could replace any defective gene and have a quick cure--an approach leading to that trail of failure. Today, they recognize that there's much more to it and are zeroing in on the most troublesome genes that can be replaced most easily. It's a whole new level of promise, one with more true believers. "This industry is real," says Larry Feinberg, chairman...
...another dumb thing: my phone's e-mail address is a user-contemptuous mishmash of 48 alphanumeric characters. I figured I'd cure this by spending $129 more to buy the Data Connectivity Kit and do e-mail off-line, through my laptop. But when I tried to set the thing up, there was nothing in the documents explaining how. Worse, when I called Motorola's toll-free help line, I was assured by two separate reps that the phone could be used only for faxing; e-mail and Web browsing could not be done via a laptop-phone connection...
...longer piece on research and treatments that would help a lot of people." Gorman jumped at the chance to push the idea. Couric, the writer says, was open and candid about all aspects of the story--just the prescription for educating our readers about a disease that has a cure rate of more than 90% when detected early...