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...Celtics are a stunning 40-9, the best in the NBA. When you sit down with Boston's cerebral Big Three, they'll tell you about ubuntu, the South African unity principle preached by coach Doc Rivers. But dig a little deeper and you'll discover less esoteric explanations behind Boston's success...
...prepare us for the AP biology exam; it was to teach us how to think like scientists, which he proceeded to do with a quiet passion, mainly in the laboratory. Mrs. Hastings, my stern, Radcliffe-trained English teacher, was as devoted to her subject as the gentle Doc Cappel was to his: a tough taskmaster on the art of writing essays and an avid guide to the pleasures of James Joyce. Looking back, I'd have to credit this inspirational pair for carving the path that led me to a career writing about science...
...their urine. Alternatively, researchers could test how higher-than-average doses of bisphenol A affects people. Again, a likely dead end. "As a scientist it would be pretty much unethical to do that study knowing what [bisphenol A] does in animal studies," says Laura Vandenberg, a post-doc fellow at Harvard Medical School who researches bisphenol A, and is a critic...
Still, says Bowers, who is also a frequent contributor to the "Ask the Doc" forum on the AIDS Education Global Information System website, keeping the AIDS pandemic in the news is vital: "Any press is good press if they spell your name right," Bowers says, adding that the complex science needs to be explained to the public in easily understood ways. That message, however, is often conflicted. Some doctors have said they're willing to give tenofovir as a preventive to their very sexually active patients, even in the absence of conclusive scientific evidence that it works...
Yukio Hattori, president of Tokyo-based Hattori Nutrition College and a leading food critic who admits a weakness for whale. Better known as "Doc" to Iron Chef fans, Hattori prefers a recipe from the Showa period (that is, the 1926-1989 reign of Emperor Hirohito). He says a "roast cut" steak is best prepared after a good marinating in grated white onion, which tenderizes the meat, and then pan-fried with a little soy sauce. Hattori says that the price of the most prized part of the whale - the tail meat - is on par with that of Kobe beef, roughly...