Word: experimention
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The first experiment is, by itself, something of a reproductive coup. Stem cells are to sperm what a widget factory is to widgets. Being able to keep the cells on ice is thus a lot more useful than the already common practice of freezing sperm itself; sperm lasts only so...
The second experiment is equally groundbreaking. If rat stems can produce rat sperm while living in a mouse's testicles, it's plausible at least that any mammalian species could play host to the stem cells of any other--thus helping biologists, for example, preserve the genetic material from endangered...
An Urban Experiment
"Crew is a constant experiment, a constant learning process," Ruckman says. "Crew is at heart a very simple sport; you can learn in a day, and it takes a lifetime to master." He says that is why "it is always a challenge."
In early May, Wisconsin began petitioning the Department of Health and Human Services for a waiver allowing implementation of the Wisconsin Works welfare experiment, which would abolish all federal guarantees of cash assistance and instead require welfare recipients to work for their benefits. The White House has been following the...