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...decade ago, the only way to establish whether the microbe needed a gene was to knock each of the 485 out, one by one and then in combinations, and see if the bug survived. By 2002, however, advances in both genetic understanding and gene-handling technology had leaped forward. Instead of having to deconstruct Mycoplasma genitalium, Venter's team could build it from scratch. This meant that whereas once they had to reverse-engineer the organism and see when it quit working, they could take the more elegant approach of assembling it from off-the-shelf nucleotides and seeing when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scientist Creates Life — Almost | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

...TAPS consistently entertaining. An easy-to-watch, smiling stage presence clearly conveyed how much fun the dancers were having. They set a lively tone for the evening with their company number, which Megan M. Powell ’08 choreographed to Lily Allen’s “Knock ‘Em Out.” The dancers executed the choreography with enthusiasm and exhilarating precision, an impressive feat for a company piece...

Author: By Rachel M. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Too Darn Hot’ Warms Up Lowell Lecture Hall | 1/14/2008 | See Source »

...intimidating only because of the things you do to yourself. You go on the set, there's Tom Wilkinson about to knock a scene out of the park, you know it's coming, you get intimidated by it, but certainly not by his personality. He's the warmest, kindest, gentlest man I know. Tilda, Tom, Sidney are actors who know exactly what they're going to do. Tony doesn't give them any direction as good directors don't do. Good directors point you in the right direction. If they get off on the wrong direction, you come over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: George Clooney | 1/11/2008 | See Source »

...score. Eager to keep up their momentum, the Buckeyes stayed on the offensive, but Alex Biega broke up one rush with the final seconds ticking off the clock. Pelle snatched up the puck and got a shot off on the left side, and sophomore Doug Rogers tried to knock in the rebound. Buckeyes netminder Dustin Carlson blocked the shot, but McCafferty pounced on the second rebound to score with just two seconds left in the first period, putting Harvard ahead, 2-1. Ohio State came into the second period with a vengeance and notched the tying goal within the first...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vacation Trip to Ohio No Holiday for Men's Hockey | 1/5/2008 | See Source »

...Fred Claus,” another holiday movie that will be competing for audiences’ attention this season, very clearly lacks the emotional depth of “Debaters.” Nevertheless, Washington barely pauses before he jokes, “Don’t knock ‘Fred Claus!’ ‘Fred Claus’ is cool! There’s room for ‘Fred Claus’ and there’s room for ‘The Great Debaters.’”Now that...

Author: By Erin A. May, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Denzel Touts Script, Actors in ‘Debaters’ | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

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