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...certain degree of credit if only for its ability to genuinely terrify. It would be difficult to find a postwar book that leaves an impression as petrifying as “Ergo.” But a novel, due to its inherent features as a genre, tends to reach its height when it delivers multi-layered thoughts and sensations that expand themselves throughout the breadth of reading. Instead of delivering on this front, Jakov Lind limited the artistic potential of the novel by consciously designating a purpose to it. “Ergo,” unfortunately, is like...

Author: By Shijung Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Austrian Lind’s ‘Ergo’ a Labor of Post-War Melancholy | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...group of researchers in the lab of chemistry professor Charles M. Lieber have found a way to synthesize two- and three-dimensional versions of the microscopic strands known as nanowires—a breakthrough that researchers say may greatly increase the reach and applicability of the field by allowing scientists to design vastly more complex structures...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chemistry Researchers Bend Nanowires | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...concern for the visual over the intellectual, assumes the nostalgic intimacy of a forgotten postcard. The sadness of his characters merges inseparably with the troubled political and cultural landscape of Turkey: though both characters and nation stand on the brink of happiness, it remains always just out of reach...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pamuk’s ‘Innocence’ a Stylistic Triumph | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...suing over a defective contraceptive device, and a class action by 250,000 Vietnam veterans and their families against the manufacturers of Agent Orange. Though the Agent Orange case had been dragging on for more than eight years, Feinberg after just six weeks on the job was able to reach a $180 million settlement between the toxic defoliant's manufacturers and its victims. Some critics noted, however, that although veterans sometimes waited years for their payouts, Feinberg earned an immediate $800,000 for his work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Compensation Czar Kenneth Feinberg | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...seventh year, the European Union faces a unique challenge in trying to stop refugees from these countries. Unlike the huge numbers of Africans trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, Iraqi and Afghan migrants face only an overland journey - though one that can take months. Once they reach the E.U., usually by crossing from Turkey into Greece, migrants can easily slip over internal E.U. borders, crossing numerous countries without detection. Many of them attempt to make it Britain, where they speak the language and have relatives. Those who are caught along the way are either sent back to their first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sending Europe's Asylum Seekers Home | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

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