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Handzo: Well, certainly some work is pure research in order to fathom things better. There are no particular interventions that come from picking up rocks on the moon, but we do it because it teaches us more about the world around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faith and Healing: A Forum | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...closest living relatives to humans. Fossils document the course of human evolution in Africa from apelike ancestors over the past 7 million years Natural selection is a powerful force driving evolution Natural selection's fingerprints can be detected in the human genome. But many mutations have spread thanks to pure chance (a process known as genetic drift) Complex traits like eyes can evolve through a series of intermediate steps Fossils have documented some of those steps in structures such as limbs and ears. Studies on DNA have shown how genes for building old organs have been "borrowed" to help build...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ever Evolving Theories of Darwin | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...just pure instinct. There was a timeout before, and coach Wade told me, this is what you have been working for,” Harris said. “I worked my tail off to get here...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Snaps Losing Streak With Narrow Victory Over Brown | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

...dawg"--many beloved songs are actually off-pitch or out of tune. There's Ringo Starr on "With a Little Help from My Friends," of course, and just about every blues song slides into notes as opposed to hitting them dead on. Even Norah Jones, the poster girl of pure vocals, isn't perfect. "There's some wonderful imperfections of pitch on 'Don't Know Why' from Come Away with Me," says Anderson, "and most of the other tunes on the album as well. But I wouldn't want to change a single note...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto-Tune: Why Pop Music Sounds Perfect | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...buzzer sounded at the end of the Covenant School-Dallas Academy girls’ basketball game on January 13, the score was 100-0. Winning in a close contest is one thing, but this game didn’t even deserve to be called a blowout: it was humiliation, pure and simple. In a country where bad sportsmanship in professional sports is not only prevalent but enjoyed by spectators—see any bench-clearing brawl between the Red Sox and Yankees for proof—the story of this episode of unthinkable athletic proportions swept throughout the country...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: An Absence of Sportsmanship | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

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