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...special paper it comes with; with regular paper, it's just a plain old pen--and a fat one at that; the IO is so thick, it's like writing with a banana. But it works, and although it's not perfect, the IO is a ray of hope for analog authors stuck in an increasingly digital world. --By Lev Grossman
...controversy may have died down over whether women should have routine mammograms (they should, say most experts). But now comes news that the X ray may offer an entirely new benefit: detecting heart disease. Tiny calcium deposits in the breast's arteries may be an early sign of trouble in the arteries of the heart. In a 10-year study presented last week to the Radiological Society of North America, Mayo Clinic researchers reported a 20% increase in the risk of heart disease in women with a significant number of breast-arterial calcifications. (These calcifications--streaky white lines...
...been, well, flat, flat-screen TVs are indeed one of the few products that are generating buzz during the holiday shopping season. Unlike Shukla, however, most consumers are merely drooling over, not buying, flat-screen models, for a pretty obvious reason. While a conventional 20-inch crt (cathode-ray tube) TV can be had for well under $400, a comparably sized flat-screen is about four times more expensive. Giant versions of 40 inches or more have giant price tags as well. A 61-inch model made by Japan's nec is listed at a breathtaking...
Just before all of you sat down for Thanksgiving dinner, Ray Tellier had his Last Supper. Tellier, the Columbia football coach who just completed his sixth consecutive losing season, was fired by the Lions athletic department brass last Tuesday...
...course, who knows? Perhaps that man was Ray Tellier...