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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Second, scientists observed that DNA was compressed into an architecture called a “fractal globule?...

Author: By Manning Ding, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scientists Discover 3D Genome Structure | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...before. If you'd asked one hundred Sex Pistols/Ramones wannabes how F-Bb-Ab resolves, one hundred of them would've told you it goes to C, duh. Kurt knocked the world on its ass by choosing Db instead. Turn up "Teen Spirit" even louder and the noise goes fractal, exposing the overdubs and high production values, and revealing the apotheosis of punk-rock authenticity as a magnificent simulation - better than the real thing could ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pitchfork 500 | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...misnomer, actually, to call Lost one of TV's best shows. It's a fine show on the level of character and writing, but what makes it a classic is that it's the finest interactive game ever to appear in your living room once a week. An elaborate fractal pattern of intersecting stories concerning plane survivors on a not-quite-deserted island, a secretive international organization and a monster made of smoke--Lost only begins with the 60 minutes you see on TV. Its mysteries, clues and literary-historical allusions demand research, repeated viewing, freeze-framing and endless online...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 17 Shows That Changed TV | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

...Polar Arctic levels of chilling out are available from Tacchini's fluidly flexible Polar seating system, designed by London company PearsonLloyd. Seats and armrests can be configured in six different setups, so there's always a new angle to admire. Inspired by "the shearing planes and fractal quality" of ice floes, this Polar expedition makes an ideal base camp at a party. www.tacchini.it

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whitewash | 2/6/2007 | See Source »

...said his paper investigated where tangent lines existed on curves with fractal properties...

Author: By David Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hoopes Prizes Awarded | 5/18/2005 | See Source »

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