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Inside an old factory building in Cambridge, Mass., a remarkable machine with the improbable name Zeus is hard at work. Flexing its two robotic arms, the computer-driven device reaches again and again into a storage area the size of a toddler's crib, where thousands of individual samples of genetic material sit in tiny wells etched into plastic plates, each one identified by a unique bar code. One by one, Zeus searches for a particular code, dips into the corresponding well with a fine, quill-like probe and picks up a minuscule droplet of liquid...
...Apple Venus Vol. 2" Although not quite on a par with the glory days of "Skylarking" or "Black Sea," the more rocking bookend to "Vol. 1" still stood out from the crowd with its riff-happy guitar-driven tunes and Andy Partridge's exceptional lyrical prowess. "Playground" is a textbook example of smart pop songwriting, which in the age of Britney Spears is increasingly becoming an oxymoron...
...factors are muddying OPEC's best efforts to manipulate the oil price by controlling the supply. The first is the slowdown in the U.S. economy, which has been the engine of global economic growth over the past two years. That growth, particularly in Asia's export-driven economies, has substantially increased international demand for oil, driving last year's spiraling prices. A sharp slowdown in the world economies could plunge oil prices back into the teens, and make it more difficult for OPEC to maintain the remarkable cohesion and output discipline among its members exhibited in the past two years...
Carlson is currently working with members on a project suggested by an SAS participant to use a sturdy kite attached to a long cable in order to measure physical data about tornadoes. Current tornado measurements are made from trucks that are driven into the prone areas, but are often unable limited because the trucks' positioning is not flexible enough...
...when some Houses feel more overcrowded than ever, a master's decision to hire elves may be driven largely by available space in the House...