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The IISS also warns that the legacy of the Khan network may yet provide more nasty surprises. "How much help Khan gave Iran and North Korea and whether the Khan network had other customers are questions of intense interest to investigative agencies," it says. Some equipment thought to have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Nuke Black Market for Iran? | 5/9/2007 | See Source »

As helpful as beta-blockers, antidepressants and even anti-epilepsy drugs may be in preventing some migraines, they don't cure the condition. Eventually scientists hope to discover therapies that address the brain's overly sensitive circuits more directly. For what it's worth, getting older seems to soften the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Science of Headaches | 5/8/2007 | See Source »

Does history repeat itself? If you’re one of Harvard’s rabid calendar reform activists, the answer had better be a resounding no.The current push to amend the College’s schedule—aiming to start the fall term earlier and holding exams in...

Author: By Jeremy D. Hoon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Calendar Reform...Again | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

An international consortium of researchers, including scientists at the Harvard-MIT Broad Institute, has identified three genes that contain genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes. The discovery represents an important leap in understanding common diseases, including strokes, heart attacks, and diabetes, from a genetics perspective, according to David M...

Author: By Jennifer Ding, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Scientists Identify Key Genes | 5/1/2007 | See Source »

But forts cannot be exported. The Rev. Hakluyt had imagined that the colonies "would yield unto us all the commodities of Europe, Africa and Asia." Perhaps the settlers would discover gold. All they found were a few semiprecious stones--garnets, amethysts, quartz crystals. Perhaps they could manufacture glass. One resupply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jamestown: Inventing America | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

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