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...Sherif. "And I got phone calls from [potential partners and buyers] after just 20 days of being in business. Can you believe it?" Dee Rodriguez, president of Coastal Products International, the U.S. distributor of ilift, an antiaging device using infrared light, which was originally developed in Italy, also got instant nibbles from "names that you'd definitely recognize," she says, after displaying her product at a trade show. The gadget, which comes with a 30-day supply of a specially formulated serum that's supposed to enhance its effects, sells for $395. The serum costs an additional...
...practice will be the development of advanced computer surveillance software to be used in laboratories internationally. Without this oversight it could become too easy for anyone to order the synthetic DNA of, say, drug-resistant small pox. Software could flag the orders of any potentially dangerous synthetic materials and instantly notify an oversight authority, such as the FBI. So, future students in Life Sciences 1a could hypothetically order certain harmless synthetic chromosomes for laboratory experiments, yet be unable to order dangerous versions or have access to the equipment to construct their own.A common criticism of synbio scientists has been their...
...Under Cambridge’s election system, known as “instant runoff voting,” residents rank their candidates in order of preference...
Rolling up your sleeves and doing good for others have become almost trendy, as indicated by the near instant best-seller status of Bill Clinton's new book, Giving, which celebrates numerous individuals who have traded in their corporate careers for the satisfying experience of volunteer work. By many accounts, the number of midlife meaning seekers is exploding, as more and more boomers move out of the workforce. "Giving back broadens the dimensions of what we call retirement," says Cicily Maton, a financial planner in Chicago. She says nearly all her post-50 clients give either money or time...
...literature between them. Throw in a story that won a Tony when it was a play and won critical accolades when it was first adapted for film in 1972, and this remake of Anthony Shaffer’s “Sleuth” ought to be an instant success...