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...Today, Wu, 27, works in Tokyo as a software consultant, part of an influx of highly skilled Chinese labor that is transforming Japan. "Success can come in many places," he says, quietly noting that his overseas salary far outstrips those of his friends back home. "I can live a modern Chinese dream in Japan...
...guerrilla to gorilla? One day you're the Lone Ranger; the next, you're in the middle of the Battle of the Bulge. Unless you can morph into Patton and conjure up the Third Army double-quick, you're fixing to die in the snow. Indeed, no Republican in modern politics has ever converted an insurgency into a nomination. If Huckabee does, it will be because for the first time in many years, the GOP has no real front runner. The party has yet to rally around Romney, despite his deep pockets and strong organization. Giuliani is out of step...
Back when scientists largely backed nurture in the nature-vs.-nurture debate, biologist Seymour Benzer found otherwise, paving the way for modern neurogenetics and discoveries in the treatment of Alzheimer's and other diseases. Inspired by the wildly different personalities of his two daughters, he found that fruit flies slept and acted differently when injected with the genes of other fruit flies--research that won him the U.S.'s richest science award, the Albany Medical Center Prize. Benzer...
...modern bioengineering is to have an entity that is jointly owned by the engineering school and the medical school,” Hyman said in an October interview...
...booksellers are much more amicable than one might think. Each store inhabits a distinct niche that sets it apart from the others. James & Devon Gray Booksellers at 12 Arrow St. carry books written before 1700, while Lame Duck Books, in the basement just below it, specializes in modern intellectual history. Both bookstores have a pretty pricy stock—Lame Duck has a rare photograph of Fyodor Dostoyevsky selling for $85,000—but it’s worth it to go into either one just to browse. Entering one of these stores feels like taking a trip...