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...smelly durian is like a thornless rose. It's really cutting out the soul.' BOB HALLIDAY, Bangkok-based food writer, on a Thai scientist's development of an odorless variety of durian, a popular Asian fruit so pungent it is banned from some airlines and hotels
...emotional absenteeism are actually quantifiable: numerous academic studies have shown that children with distant fathers score lower on tests of empathy, reasoning and brain development than those whose fathers are more involved. The former behave more aggressively, don't get on as well with siblings, tend to be less popular in school and are more reluctant to take responsibility for their misbehavior. In 2002, the U.S. National Center for Policy Analysis concluded that kids with physically absent fathers were up to three times more likely to use drugs and engage in criminal behavior. Last month, an Israeli study reported that...
...Gates Foundation, with an endowment of $33 billion, has pledged as much as 25% of its total spending to its "global development" program, including microfinance. Such programs account for only a small slice of the nearly $250 billion Americans gave to charity in 2006, but they're becoming more popular, partly because microfinance has a reputation for transparency and efficiency...
Fuller's aim is much more ambitious than making Idol a fund-raising juggernaut. He wants to launch a whole new TV genre, using America's most popular show as his springboard. But he and Curtis do not seem daunted, either because they believe Idol is unsinkable or because they're both pretty familiar with the whole putting-on-a-show concept. "These things can be fantastically innovative and dynamic and not just ploddy old telethons," says Fuller. He admits Fox is not so sure. "But, hats off to them, they're supporting us. How reluctantly, I don't know...
Talmud brought Einstein science books, including a popular illustrated series called People's Books on Natural Science, "a work which I read with breathless attention," said Einstein. The 21 volumes were written by Aaron Bernstein, who stressed the interrelations between biology and physics, and reported in great detail the experiments being done at the time, especially in Germany...