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A Harvard lab recently discovered single-celled microbes living in isolation for millions of years beneath an Antarctic glacier once believed inhospitable to all life.

Author: By Jessie J. Jiang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Microbes Found Living in Glacier | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

“What’s truly amazing about this discovery is microbial continuity, how microbial communities can survive intense stresses and very dramatic cold stages. These microbes have been living in isolation for millions of years and yet they still bear great resemblance to modern marine species,?...

Author: By Jessie J. Jiang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Microbes Found Living in Glacier | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

Obama apparently spent weeks debating the merits of releasing the documents and was lobbied by CIA Director Leon Panetta to keep them classified. In the end, the case for transparency was too great. The harsh tactics--isolation, sleep deprivation, humiliation, waterboarding--not only had been widely reported, but much of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dumb Intelligence | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

The equally important question, of course, is what prison time does to the children. Estensorro acknowledges that "we see a lot of repression in the children." Kids inside the Women's Correctional Facility are punished for normal behavior like waking up in the middle of the night - because they end...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Bolivia, Keeping Kids and Moms Together — in Prison | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

This withdrawal from reality, however, is extremely hazardous to our health. A growing body of research has revealed a strong correlation between excessive Internet use and mental disorders. Some neuroscientists, for instance, have suggested a possible link between the increase in online relationships and the rise in autism. Since online...

Author: By Aixin Wang | Title: Unplug and Disconnect | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

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