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GenePartner tested long-term couples' HLA makeup and had them fill out in-depth questionnaires. "We asked them whether they find their relationship passionate, about the quality of intercourse, if it was love at first sight," says co-founder Tamara Brown. With genetic data from 270 couples, the company came up with an algorithm for predicting compatibility based on HLA combinations. "It's something you don't think about when you're choosing a partner," the neurobiologist says. "But it's an important evolutionary principle, to keep the species alive...
...takes you into the disturbing logic of Kim Jong Il and why the possible succession of his young son is shaping North Korean politics. London bureau chief Catherine Mayer dissects the rebellion against Gordon Brown and the future of the Labour Party. Contributor David Van Biema takes an in-depth look at the Mormon Church, the fourth largest in America, and its current high-profile involvement in politics, while our business columnist Justin Fox explains why financial markets don't necessarily know best, a piece based on his new book, The Myth of the Rational Market...
...lack of information. Iranian TV stations are readily available in Iraq, and the Arabic news channels like al-Jazeera and al-Arabiyah have provided in-depth coverage of the election. And since 60% of the Iraqi population shares Iran's official Shi'a faith, you'd expect an avid interest in the political drama unfolding in Tehran. But many Iraqis say they have not been paying attention. "It's happening next door, but it feels very far away," says Hadi Hussein, a Baghdad shop owner. (See pictures of Iran's presidential elections and their turbulent aftermath...
...Gallo is an actor who's all brooding surfaces and no depth. He can't touch whatever primal pain Coppola wants Tetro to conceal and then reveal. Nor has Coppola filled out the canvas with telling incidents or characters that go much beyond caricature. Sitting through the two-plus hours of Tetro can be an ordeal...
...object of this vitriol was the announcement this week by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) that after July 1, all computers sold in the country would have to have Internet filtering software pre-installed. The remarks exemplify the depth of the outrage felt by many of China's Internet users over what they see as an unprecedented intrusion into their digital lives, even for a government that routinely polices the Web for socially and politically sensitive content and communications. (See pictures of China's electronic waste village...