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...eternal credit, when a flock of 4½-year-olds descended in the middle of my afternoon nap, she rose to the occasion, conjuring a cake out of her pantry and a celebration out of thin summer air. It's true that for years afterward, she wouldn't let me forget it, that party I'd somehow arranged in the sandbox without permission. Eventually I reminded her of the important part, that when you are 3, going for the entire year without your friends hoisting you up to 4 seems cosmically wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's So Great About Big Birthdays? | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...beauties of Ecocradle is that unlike Styrofoam--which is hard to recycle, let alone biodegrade--this myco-material can easily serve as mulch in your garden. Ecovative's next product, Greensulate, will begin targeting the home-insulation market sometime next year. And according to Bayer's engineering tests, densely packed mycelium is strong enough to be used in place of wooden beams. "It's not so far-out," he says of Ross's art house. So could Bayer see himself growing a mushroom house and living in it? "Well"--he hesitates--"maybe we'd start with a doghouse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Industrial-Strength Fungus | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

Until someone comes up with a more scientific ranking system, though, let's drink to Boston's A+ grade...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beantown's Not Boozetown | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

Unfortunately, the U.S. embassy in Cairo let politics get ahead of academic inquiry. I tried to enter the Gaza Strip to conduct my research in December and January. Egypt’s border with Gaza is normally closed, but Egypt does have a mechanism for allowing foreigners into the Strip: The citizen’s embassy faxes a copy of the person’s passport and their reason for travel to the Director of Palestine Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I asked the director’s office if embassies have sent these requests in the past...

Author: By Feroze Y. Sidhwa | Title: Stifling Studies | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...Amaker said. “He’s guarding arguably the kid that’s in the running for Conference Player of the Year in Rosen. He’s as good as anybody in our league. That’s an incredible matchup for any player, let alone for a freshman making a start after coming off of two losses...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Young Guns Power Crimson to Victory | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

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