Word: experimention
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When it finally happened -- after years of ethical hand wringing and science- fiction fantasy -- it was done in such a low-key way by researchers so quiet and self-effacing that the world nearly missed it. The landmark experiment was reported by Jerry Hall at a meeting of the American...
Once it was out, the news that human embryos had been cloned flew around the world with the speed of sound bites bouncing off satellites. That afternoon the switchboard at George Washington logged 250 calls from the press. By the next day more calls and faxes were flooding in from...
The loss of the SSC, along with a near cancellation of NASA's space station Freedom last spring, raises questions about whether the U.S. will ever again tackle so massive a scientific enterprise. Probably not without help, says Erich Bloch, former head of the National Science Foundation: "There's no...
Said Davis: "I went right back to the Millikanoil-drop experiment.
The design of this magazine is both late at night and musically inspired. James listens to bossa nova stuff on the radio as he finishes up the Scrutiny and contemplates how much he has left to do on his problem sets. Last week, I thought it would help him out...