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...survived. By 2002, however, advances in both genetic understanding and gene-handling technology had leaped forward. Instead of having to deconstruct Mycoplasma genitalium, Venter's team could build it from scratch. This meant that whereas once they had to reverse-engineer the organism and see when it quit working, they could take the more elegant approach of assembling it from off-the-shelf nucleotides and seeing when it switched on - essentially building life...
...harder to quit or be fired if you're working for free in the first place...
...pregnancy--tend to choose wrong in the T-shirt test. When they discontinue the daily hormone dose, the protective smell mechanism kicks back in. "A colleague of mine wonders if the Pill may contribute to divorce," says Wysocki. "Women pick a husband when they're on birth control, then quit to have a baby and realize they've made a mistake...
Happily, romance needn't come to ruin. Even irrational animals like ourselves would have quit trying if the bet didn't pay off sometimes. The eventual goal of any couple is to pass beyond serial dating--beyond even the thrill of early love--and into what's known as companionate love. That's the coffee-and-Sunday-paper phase, the board-games-when-it's-raining phase, and the fact is, there's not a lick of excitement about it. But that, for better or worse, is adaptive too. If partners are going to stay together for the years...
...Napolean Dynamite, we’re on board. CON: Least fun Mormon ever: upholds anti-alcohol position, renounces kinky potential of polygamy. Mike Huckabee (Governor of Arkansas) PRO: Endorsed by Chuck Norris’s Right Leg. CON: Chuck Norris would never write a book called “Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork.” John McCain (Senator from Arizona) PRO: Survived 5.5 years as a POW, making him officially more badass than 50 Cent. CON: Is approximately 132 years old. Fred Thompson (Senator from Tennesse PRO: Sexiest would-be First Lady. CON: We?...