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Like an economics student analyzing inflation, interest and unemployment rates and coming up with a forecast of which way the economy will go, the Duke databank, now a part of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, correlates important information about the body--enzyme levels, age, family history--into a prediction of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOC IN A BOX | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

For governments whose stability is in question, such programs are not high priorities. ProMED co-founder Stephen Morse, who now heads a new infectious-disease program at Columbia University, notes that in these cases, the who has stepped in to provide training and sharing of lab facilities. But the efforts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUERRILLA WARFARE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

The biggest reason for this prediction is junior Emily Stauffer. Undoubtedly the best soccer player ever to compete at Harvard, the midfielder was a First Team All-American selection, the first Crimson player ever to win the honor. The Ivy League Player of the Year, she led the conference with...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Unfinished Business | 9/13/1996 | See Source »

The biggest reason for this prediction is junior Emily Stauffer. Undoubtedly the best soccer player ever to compete at Harvard, the midfielder was a First Team All-American selection, the first Crimson player ever to win the honor. The Ivy League Player of the Year, she led the conference with...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Unfinished Business | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

Sometimes, however, it's hard to separate the cause from the effect. "Futurism isn't prediction anymore," says Rushkoff. "It's state-of-the-art propaganda. It's future creation." As he sees the process, two of the futurists' most potent tools are terror and exclusivity. "They put their clients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CASHING IN ON TOMORROW | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

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