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...bottom line, Samani says, is that scientists remain a long way from developing an elixir of youth, however alluring that goal may be. Reporting on his research, Britain's Daily Mail announced that Samani had found the "Peter Pan gene" - a headline that Samani greeted with a weary smile. "Aging and death will remain central to our biology at least for as long as I can foresee," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scientists Get Closer to Understanding Why We Age | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...very own Phoenix Club invades Yale on Friday night, setting up camp in the chic club Alchemy (223 College St.) for their party, “The Takeover,” just down the street from the Elixir party. “The Takeover” offers an open bar from 10-11:30 p.m., and tickets are $20 in advance from Phoenix members...

Author: By Kristen L. Cronon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Night In Yale Jail | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...valedictorian with a string of academic accomplishments, the most shocking of which was always how many A-pluses that top student had received during the past four years. A-pluses were the “white whale” of the grading system, achievable only through a seemingly untraceable elixir of grinding work, teacher-schmoozing ability, and luck. At Harvard, an A—our highest grade—doesn’t yield that degree of respect, probably because there is a perception that we achieve quite a lot of them: In 2007, over half of Harvard grades were...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: The Case for the A-Plus | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s “The Sorcerer,” running at the Agassiz Theatre through Sunday, is a rollicking romantic farce that centers on a magic love potion. As prepared by the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players, this theatrical elixir, despite somewhat uneven ingredients, surely casts its intended spell...

Author: By Julian B. Gewirtz | Title: Cast of ‘Sorcerer’ Spellbinding | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...water is the elixir of life, it's no wonder that Earth - which is 70% ocean - simply teems with living things. The other planets and moons in the solar system don't have it so good. They're forbidding places that are hydrological deserts, and thus biological ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Salty Waters of Saturn's Moon Hint at Life | 6/26/2009 | See Source »

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