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This notion that men and women are genetically, or even culturally, predisposed to different parenting roles strikes other researchers as misguided. They are quick to reject the idea that there is some link between X or Y chromosomes and, say, conditional or unconditional love. "To take something that is only a statistical tendency," says historian E. Anthony Rotundo, "and turn it into a cultural imperative -- fathers must do it this way and mothers must do it that way -- only creates problems for the vast number of people who don't fit those tendencies, without benefiting the children at all." While...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Archive: Where Are All the Fathers? | 6/16/2007 | See Source »

...crew members would be able to bail out easily. The shuttle can leave at pretty much any time, and a Russian return vehicle is always kept attached to the station - not as roomy or comfortable as the shuttle perhaps, but plenty good for jumping overboard and making a quick plunge back to Earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Space Station a Money Pit? | 6/14/2007 | See Source »

...reprogram a patient's own adult cells to transform into human embryonic stem cells and then into heart, nerve or any other kind of tissue. That could give doctors the ability to repair or replace cells destroyed by disease or injury, without fear of immune-system rejection. Experts were quick to warn that significant hurdles remained before the technique might ever be used in people, but the sheer simplicity of Yamanaka's discovery-he found just four genes were required to reprogram the mouse skin cells-was cause for elation. "This is great science," says Alan Trounson, professor for stem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ahead of the Curve | 6/14/2007 | See Source »

...cost of numerous products, including packaged snacks and other consumer goods. With corn taking an increasing share of the planting space, prices may also rise for competing grains. That may affect not just the cost of fruits and vegetables, but even paper and cotton-based clothing. Here's a quick summary of some key product areas where growing demand for ethanol could fuel rising costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethanol: Seek & Find | 6/14/2007 | See Source »

...could end up with a supercharged overflow unit, a suburban science park with a cultural “capstone,” and hundreds of students lodged in nicely landscaped dorms. Follow me in a quick mental tour of my “dys-Allston”: You have no problem, I am sure, imagining a science campus that by 6:30 p.m. is abandoned, at least from the outside. The stunning new museum closes at 5 p.m. (it is a superb collection—most faculty and students go once, to show visitors). There are some classrooms...

Author: By Peter L. Galison | Title: Allston Dreams | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

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