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...first, most people seem to be fascinated by sociobiology, but at the same time they hate it," says Senior Editor Leon Jaroff, who edited this story. "They feel diminished by the theory. They'd like to think that most of their behavior is determined by intellect, whereas the sociobiologists are saying that it's a result of evolution...
...team that produced the first TIME cover story on DNA (TIME, April 19,1971). It was part of a special section that detailed "the promise and peril of the new genetics," and correctly predicted that scientists would soon be able to splice different DNA chains together. Senior Editor Leon Jaroff, who edited both the 1971 stories and this week's report, feels that "while sensible restraints may have to be placed on the experiments, the work should be allowed to proceed. The potential for good is fantastic...
...Jaroff's view is shared by Golden and by Reporter-Researcher Adrianne Jucius, who researched the story. Jucius first studied the intricacies of DNA as a graduate student at the University of Illinois, feeling the excitement of a scientist at work on the "fundamental substance of life" as she stirred a beakerful of solution, slowly accumulating a luminous glob of DNA strands on the end of her glass rod. "It was a very simple lab procedure," says Jucius, "but it was one of the most exhilarating moments in my life...
...meters, hectares and liters. Some conversions, though, will be learned more quickly than others: getting a traffic ticket for driving 50 miles per hour in a 50 kilometer-per-hour zone will probably help drivers adjust to the new system. And a few changes will be happy ones. Leon Jaroff, editor of the Science and Medicine sections, reminds us that "if your weight is 166 lbs., the scale will read only 76 kilograms. That somehow makes it less disturbing...
...University of Michigan does. Senior Editor Leon Jaroff, Michigan '50, remembers as a highlight of his collegiate-and post- graduate-days the Michigan-Minnesota game of 1949, when Minnesota was favored to win the Big Ten championship. Michigan was being driven back toward its goal line, and it seemed certain the Gophers would score. There was silence in the stadium. From the bleachers, Jaroff shouted: "Fumble!" Minnesota fumbled, and Michigan won the game in an upset. Jaroff was picked up and passed over the heads of the exuberant crowd. After that, he says, "I was hooked on football...