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...created a metal platform in a lab measuring 26 cm by 36 cm (about 10 in. by 14 in.) and randomly placed 60 small brass cones on the platform to mimic the effect of unexpected ocean eddies in the current. When they beamed microwaves at the platform, the scientists found that "hot spots" - the microwave equivalent of rogue waves - appeared up to 100 times more often than standard wave theory would predict. Those results indicate that rogue waves might be a lot more common than scientists had believed and could explain why so many large ships - as many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cruise-Ship Disaster: How Do 'Rogue Waves' Work? | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...suggest she bolster herself with some carbs, as apparently everyone’s favorite pizza joint was quite the place to be seen and heard. But our award for worst drunk goes to a not-so-cowardly Lion on the pudding prowl, who after unsuccesfully wooing four other gentlemen, found one sucker to take him home for the night...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chatter | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...names of alumni to ask them for money to make the movie?” He said no, so I went into the boat house at night and copied the names of alumni down from the pictures there. I then went to the general directory, found their addresses, and sent them the letters. I also got money from the Office for the Arts, which I am a supporter of today. The grant gave me seed money to make this documentary and it instilled me with confidence that the project had validity. I made it in partnership with another student...

Author: By TOBIAS S. STEIN and Logan R. Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: 15 Questions with A. Carlton Cuse ’81 | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...This program inspires me because I get to learn about my culture and American culture,” she said. “When I found out [about the budget cut proposal], I got upset...

Author: By Linda Zhang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bilingual Immersion Program Avoids Budget Cuts | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

Directed evolution—the method of artificially inducing natural selection to evolve desirable proteins or RNA not found in nature—is highly difficult to study in a laboratory setting, according to physics professor David A. Weitz, an author of the study...

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Lab Device Improves Experiment Speed | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

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