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When Lance Armstrong won his record-breaking seventh Tour de France championship in 2005, Chris Hong was playing the violin, not giving a moment’s thought to cycling. Now, four years later in Hong’s senior year at Harvard, his stringed instruments have been pushed to the wayside for handlebars and a saddle, and cycling has become his new, and favorite, tune...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior Shines in Newfound Passion | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...Alexander flashes a smile, saying, "I can't think of any." Does that mean Republicans are at last falling in love with McCain? "John dove back in on his issues," says Senator Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican. "But I don't see him trying to take the role of de facto head of the party." (See pictures of Republican memorabilia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John McCain: Can He Mend Fences with the Right? | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...Liter bottle of 1982 Chateau Petrus Imperial - described as having a sweet leather taste and a pruney finish - was gaveled off to a mainland Chinese bidder for a record $93,000. "The balance of power in the wine world is now shifting from West to East," explains Gregory De'eb, co-founder of a Hong Kong wine storage facility called Crown Wine Cellars. (Read "Cape Crusaders: South African Wine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vintage Wines Fetch Record Prices in Hong Kong | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...Secretariat in the '70s. Dancing Brave in the '80s. The debate over horse racing's greatest ever flat runner has always been as contested as a Breeders' Cup - and it just got hotter. Sea the Stars, an Irish-trained colt that darted to victory in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Oct. 4, might just be the greatest of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Sea the Stars the Best Racehorse of All Time? | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...answered both serious and silly questions from the audience. “How much tequila do I have to give to my boyfriend in order to receive a diamond?” one audience member asked Javier Morales, Miguel Apatiga and Victor M. Castano of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, the winners of the Chemistry prize who had discovered how to convert tequila into diamonds...

Author: By Amira Abulafi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ig Nobel Winners Explain Research | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

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