Word: journalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sources: Wall Street Journal, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, New York Times, Tobacco Manufacturers' Association, AP Online; Daily News, New York Times; International Labor Organization; Los Angeles Times, United Network for Organ Sharing
...cranium. The result, say its creators, is a strain of mouse (which they nicknamed "Doogie," after the precocious lead character of the old TV show Doogie Howser, M.D.) that is smarter than his dim-witted cousins. Not only that, the scientists wrote in last week's issue of the journal Nature, "our results suggest that the genetic enhancement of mental and cognitive attributes such as intelligence and memory in mammals is feasible...
...there is no definitive scientific evidence to connect any vaccines to the still mysterious behavioral disorder. Indeed, doctors claim that the onset of autism often occurs in toddlers at the same time they are scheduled for shots and is likely to be entirely coincidental. A recent study in the journal Lancet found that in Britain rates of the disorder are similar among vaccinated and unvaccinated children...
Rock doesn't see himself as a spokesperson or a leader, but nonetheless he's trying to pave the way for the next generation of comics. He's funding the Illtop Journal, a college humor magazine patterned after the Harvard Lampoon that will be based at Howard University in Washington. The Illtop Journal is set to start publication this fall. "In his various travels Chris has been frustrated by the lack of comedy writers of color," says Stepsun Records head Bill Stephney, an adviser on the journal. "So this is the best way to address that. He also noticed that...
Sources--Good News: Cancer (9/1/99), New England Journal of Medicine (9/2/99); Bad News: Stroke (9/99), Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology (9/99...