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So what would Peter Higgs himself make of the intellectual controversy surrounding his eponymous particle? Speaking on behalf of his friend, Professor Richard Kenway, who holds Higgs' former position at the University of Edinburgh, says that the 78-year-old emeritus professor remains quietly confident that the LHC will discover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did a Time-Traveling Bird Sabotage the Collider? | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

“Hence the vanity of translation;” Percy Shelley wrote, “it were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible that you might discover the formal principles of its color and odor, as to transfuse from one language into another creations of...

Author: By Adam L. Palay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Revisiting Rilke's Translations | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

Meanwhile, a mastermind of one of the most elaborate insider-trading schemes in recent history remains on the lam. David Pajcin, a former Goldman Sachs analyst, pleaded guilty in 2006 of running a $6.7 million scam that authorities first detected when a retired underwear seamstress in Croatia earned $2 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Insider Trading | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

All through his 20s and 30s, Gorky devoted himself to a complete, nearly self-annihilating immersion in the work of one master after another. Czanne, Picasso, Miró, Lger - he sometimes channeled their voices like a ventriloquist's dummy, but he learned their language. His breakthrough came in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arshile Gorky: The Shape Shifter | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

“We seek to explore human experience through larger-than-life situations,” Sanderson said. “[Through fantasy and science fiction], we seek to discover the best and worst of humankind.”

Author: By EESHA D. DAVE, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fantasy Author Visits Coop | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

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