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...behind a burgeoning Internet effort to make hella- an officially recognized scientific-unit prefix, representing the magnitude of 1.0x1027, expressed by the number 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. What started as a joke between a few of Sendek's friends has become hella popular, growing into the loftily named Facebook group "The Official Petition to Establish 'Hella-' as the SI Prefix for 10^27," comprising nearly 50,000 like-minded nerds and fans of NoCal parlance. (See the top 10 scientific discoveries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hellabytes? A Campaign to Turn Slang into Science | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

Mooney added that he expects the new concentration to be popular among undergraduates...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar and Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: SEAS Creates New Concentration | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

...progress, though getting someone to stop playing one of the two (yes, TWO) grand pianos can be daunting. Hicks House, the Kirkland-only library, has many study rooms in an atmosphere that's more like your grandma's musty attic than Widener. It's a cozy and popular spot to finish those p-sets. Though it no longer serves food, the Grille is a comfortable venue for stein clubs and TV-watching on the big screen. In warm weather, even the courtyard becomes a common space, with Kirkland's famous hammocks...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Housing Market Reviews: Kirkland House | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

Dunster splices Old Spice’s popular Super Bowl Ad with great success. The voice work in this is spot on. Make sure to watch it until the end because you are in for an exciting twist on what was already a cool...

Author: By Thomas J. Snyder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Houses Keep Churning Out Videos | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

However, even if one takes the view that all veils are physically limiting in some way—and there are highly popular types of Islamic veils that seem to limit nothing but shaking your hair in the wind—who is Amara, or anyone else to say that these women are limiting themselves because of oppression and are thus "victims"? Women all over the world change their appearance in ways to reflect the opinions of other people, whether they be men, other women, or their families, and we certainly don’t see all these other forms...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: No Liberté in Fraternité | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

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