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Outside of scientific circles, basic research is oftentimes unheard of and considered "curiosity-driven activities,"as Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) put it. That phrase evokes images of mad scientists pouring together chemicals and creating technological break-throughs such as flubber (flying rubber), as in the 1961 movie "The Absent-Minded Professor." What the phrase ignores is that basic research provides much of the knowledge for cures today. In the very same section of Time that depreciates basic research, the Telomere theory is described, a new theory of aging. This theory suggests that aging is a result of the progressive...
Although no professional bands are yet planned for the event, three Harvard bands have agreed to play: Flubber, Xosha and Daily Planet...
Although no professional bands are yet planned for the event, three Harvard bands have agreed to play: Flubber, Xosha and Daily Planet...
...SONS OF FLUBBER...
...example, Naddaff says she would like Mather to increase its role in the arts. Naddaff points to the admission this year of a blocking group of 13 musicians, which includes the ska band "Flubber," as a potential catalyst for an infusion of music into the house...