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...have technology that's improved so that we can bring people back to life. In fact, there are drugs being developed right now - who knows if they'll ever make it to the market - that may actually slow down the process of brain-cell injury and death. Imagine you fast-forward to 10 years down the line; and you've given a patient, whose heart has just stopped, this amazing drug; and actually what it does is, it slows everything down so that the things that would've happened over an hour, now happen over two days. As medicine progresses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens When We Die? | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...four a second. Every aspect of taking a picture can also be isolated and tweaked, satisfying even the pro. Indeed, Kupcake was so blown away, he might buy one himself. "I could shoot professionally with this frickin' camera," he said, looking at me sadly. With digital cameras improving so fast and getting so cheap, so could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Life with Video | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...said. “There are plenty of other ways to get into HBS besides the 2+2 program, and we want to find students who wouldn’t have necessarily found us otherwise.”“But of course, there are no hard and fast rules in the admissions program,” Leopold added. “Just like the regular admissions pool, we are looking for people with strong academic credentials, a real pattern of curiosity and engagement, and excitement about what an MBA can do for their future.”Leopold...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seniors Get HBS ‘2+2’ Decisions | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

...from several others—made her an Olympic competitor. That was clearly not the case for me. Would I trade swimming trophies, AYSO jerseys, track plaques, and volleyball certificates for an Olympic Gold Medal? In a heartbeat. But would I forfeit years of random extracurricular exploration? Not so fast. As for my children?...

Author: By Charles R. Melvoin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Gold Medal Blues | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

...Qaeda were responsible and that it involved substantial weaponry, ample funding and elaborate planning. Officials believe the timing of the 9:15 a.m. attack was designed to catch security personnel off guard after their rising early for the predawn sohour meal before beginning the day's Ramadan fast. In an apparent effort to enter the embassy compound without firing a shot, the terrorists, officials believe, pulled up to the first perimeter checkpoint in a vehicle, impersonating uniformed Yemeni personnel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Yemen, a Massacre of Americans Is Averted | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

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