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...several scientists worked on developing a periodic table that arranged the elements according to their atomic weight. It is Russian chemistry professor Dmitri Mendeleev, however, who is credited with developing the first real table in 1869. He organized the 63 then known elements into groups with similar properties and left some spaces blank for those whose existence he could not yet prove. In 1913 physicist Henry Moseley's experiments showed definitively that the order was dependent not on atomic weight but on atomic number--the number of protons in an atom's nucleus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: The Periodic Table | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

...also a weak administrator, a poor delegator, and sometimes a dreadful judge of character. The church's dilatory response to the sex abuse scandals was a testament to these weaknesses ... So the high-flying John Paul let scandals spread beneath his feet and the uncharismatic Ratzinger was left to clean them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

...While the Office of Admissions does a great job of educating prospective students about Harvard's stellar academic life, they rarely mention our A+ nightlife. Pick up where the Office of Admissions left off, and bring your prefrosh to one of this weekend's parties. After you and your prefrosh work up appetites partying, bring them to one of Cambridge's established late night restaurants such as Pinocchio's or Felipe...

Author: By George T. Fournier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Visitas: Prefrosh Weekend Dos and Don'ts | 4/24/2010 | See Source »

...steps. At one point, M.G. Prezioso ’13 was worried. “I keep ending a beat early,” she said. Her peers were quick to help her. Kurdyla explained to her, rapidly tapping her feet and finishing with her right foot behind her left, “It’s ya-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.” With that, the problem was fixed. “Every time I watch a piece, I find something. Don’t be discouraged,” Driscoll told the company before...

Author: By Sofia V. McDonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: TAPS | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...Without a doubt she was a leader both in the pool and in the locker room,” Wagner said. “I’m not really sure which was harder to replace when she left, what she did for us in the water or what she did out of the water. Harvard got a really good player and a fantastic...

Author: By David E. Lopez-Lengowski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Midwesterner Makes A Splash | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

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