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Adding to the debate about the purported cardiac dangers of drinking coffee, a study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health has found that coffee consumption has no statistically significant effect on the risk of coronary heart disease. Conducted by Sarah A. Rosner—a doctoral student in...

Author: By Dwight B. Pope, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coffee May Not Harm Heart | 2/20/2007 | See Source »

But he thinks Asheville's experiment in détente could be a model for any community to follow. He knows there will always be people who think it is wrong even to talk with people they disagree with. The hard-core "Culture-War Christians," he says, "have no interest in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Grass-Roots Abortion War | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

Researchers at the Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a new method of screening tumors for key cancer-related gene abnormalities. The finding, published in an advanced online edition of the scientific journal Nature Genetics, is a major step towards the development of personalized cancer treatments. Different patterns...

Author: By Xianlin LI , CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Researchers Develop New Method of Screening Tumors | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

Though the technology is at least a few years away from being ready for prime time, the NBA thinks it can be a major boon to sports broadcasting. Provided the experiment in Las Vegas is successful, the league believes the next logical step is to create a medium for fans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A 3DHD All-Star Game | 2/12/2007 | See Source »

...second to 15 miles per hour, and is also spatially compressed from 1 kilometer to less than half the width of a hair,†Hau wrote in an e-mail. From the beginning of the experiment, a control laser is continually fired through the BECs. When the experimental laser pulse enters the first BEC traveling in the opposite direction of the control laser, a matter imprint is made and both lasers are manually shut off. Even with both lasers discontinued, the matter imprint continues to travel at 700 feet per hour through the cloud, exiting the first...

Author: By Lawrence R. Valverde, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Profs Perform Atomical ‘Magic’ | 2/12/2007 | See Source »

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