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In 1999, Harvard Professor Lene V. Hau oversaw an experiment in which light was slowed to a speed of about 40 m.p.h.
It’s that time of the century again: years of serfdom behind them, the Russians are cooking up another experiment in miserable failure. But the group of Orthodox monks that stumbled its way from Moscow to Cambridge recently didn’t seem to have any plans as...
The Faculty Report mentioned above declares that for “many young adults” being at college is “a time for experimenting with sexual intimacy.” In my time you would not have heard deans talking like that. It’s a...
What is not so good is the loss of romance. Less formality means less romance—less courting, less tension, less excitement. Relations between women and men are rather unerotic. The hormones are there; so too the attractions of youthful bodies and the permission to experiment. The result is...
As I watch the Yacobians experiment with their cutting-edge gear, it's hard to decide whether I'm glimpsing the future or just an adventurous family getting the most out of some free toys. They're certainly having fun with the stuff. Paige, 9, plays a helicopter-flying game...