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...germ-free, lacking a functioning immune system, the scientists could be certain that any bug colonies that took hold in the mouse guts originated entirely from the human sample, not the mice. Being able to recreate the living human gut environment so faithfully in an animal was a welcome prize. (Read "The Year in Medicine 2008: From...
Though competitor Daniel A. Masterson ’12 took the first place prize of $100, White Noise is keen on just performing and having a good time. “I don’t know about being professional, but all of us are gonna keep playing—that’s for sure,” Tommy said...
China, critics will point out, doesn't produce (at least not yet) many Nobel Prize winners. But don't think the basic educational competence of the workforce isn't a key factor in its having become the manufacturing workshop of the world. It isn't just about cheap labor; it's about smart labor. "Whether it's line workers or engineers, we're finding the candlepower of our employees here as good as or better than anywhere in the world," says Nick Reilly, a top executive at General Motors in Shanghai. "It all starts with the emphasis families...
...champion of the World Series of Poker's "Main Event." Cada, who turns 22 next week, took home $8.5 million early Nov. 10 when he outlasted Maryland logger Darvin Moon (and 6,492 other competitors) at No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em to win the sport's biggest prize. TIME contributor Matt Villano caught up with Cada in Las Vegas to talk about preparing for the final table, what he's learned by playing poker online and what's next for history's youngest champ. (Read "21-Year-Old Wins World Series of Poker...
...amateur who had been catching every card he needed since last July couldn't catch one more - and the $8.5 million first-place prize in the World Series of Poker's main event went to a pro who became the youngest winner ever of this Texas-hold-'em showcase...