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Five Harvard scientists will have more freedom and greater resources to pursue their research after receiving the first grants awarded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s new Early Career Scientist program. Among the 50 nationwide grant recipients, announced last Thursday, are Bradley E. Bernstein, who conducts cancer research at the Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital; Kevin Eggan and Konrad Hochedlinger, both researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute; Amy J. Wagers of the Joslin Diabetes Center; and Rachel I. Wilson ’96, who runs a neurobiology lab at Harvard Medical School. The grant provides each researcher...
Safi says he wants to foster greater openness with NGOs and intends to solicit their opinions regarding the draft law. Still, he doesn't think government surveillance of their activities is an infringement on their freedom. "The surveillance authorities follow and watch NGOs because there were a lot of legal breaches by NGOs that resulted in bad things," he says, referring to allegations that some groups supported terrorism or functioned as brothels. "This forced the government to monitor and maintain surveillance of NGOs given the thorny security situation...
...price is about 25% higher in 3-D theaters. (I sprang $15 to see My Bloody Valentine in Manhattan.) As a rabid movie watcher, I'm not immune to the pleasures 3-D can bring to certain genres. It's an advance in visual appeal similar to, but not greater than, Blu-ray. Which is to say, a difference in degree, not in kind. And with Blu-ray, you don't need the damn glasses...
...That's a tough decision to make for bureaucrats, is it not? For many difficult questions, we capture public preferences by our citizens council, a representative sample drawn from the general public. For example, we asked if should we give greater priority to children than the elderly. The group decided that a year of life was worth just as much when you are a grandparent as when you are a child. That is very culturally specific and might not apply to other countries in the world...
...nation was watching as Chen, nicknamed the "Son of Taiwan," walked into the courtroom a much thinner man after more than two months in detention. Chen was known during his eight years in office for irritating China with his open support for a greater Taiwanese independence from the mainland. Taiwan's current President Ma Ying-jeou has moved quickly to forge closer economic ties with China since his election last year. Taiwan and China have since opened up tourism, palace museum exchanges, direct charter flights and are planning to discuss further economic agreements this year. (Read TIME's conversation with...