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...research journal Science, Michigan's Yves Poirier and his colleagues capitalized on the environmental know-how of a select group of bacteria. In much the same way that humans store excess nutrients as fat, these germs turn sugar into the plastic molecule polyhydroxybutyrate, or PHB. They can also digest the polymer, which means it is biodegradable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Next? Polyester Plants? | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

...store or a way to advertise the latest nightclub. The alternative rock fan discovers that he is, horror of horrors, part of a target market. We eat the music they feed us, just like the people who buy tapes at K-Mart. It just takes us less time to digest...

Author: By J.c. Herz, | Title: Of the "Not" Generation: Notes of an Alternative Music fan | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

...Harvard creative writing professor won a three-year research grant from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, award officials announced earlier this week...

Author: By Radi M. Annab, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Creative Writing Professor Wins Major Research Grant | 2/7/1992 | See Source »

DAYS OF OUR LIVES: ONE STORMY NIGHT (NBC, Jan. 10, 8 p.m. EST). Just before presenting the annual Soap Opera Digest awards, NBC tries something new: a special prime-time episode of its popular daytime serial. Hold your breath: if it scores well in the ratings, nighttime may soon be awash in soapsuds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Jan. 13, 1992 | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

...favorite teams is playing, I can't digest food, I'm so nervous," says Todd J. Betzag '95. Pregame tension can also be intense: a first-year student was inspired to streak through the North Yard naked last Sunday, yelling in support of the Chiefs, who did not play until the next...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, | Title: The Mystique of Monday Night Football | 10/9/1991 | See Source »

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