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China has long referred to the Yellow River - which runs a silted (hence "yellow") course from the plains of Qinghai near Tibet to the Bohai Bay, opposite the Korean Peninsula - as "China's Sorrow." The name refers to the floods that have plagued people along its banks for millennia, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Yellow River Runs Red | 10/24/2006 | See Source »

118 Atomic number of the newest element on the periodic table. The number refers to the quantity of protons in the nucleus of the element-the heaviest ever detected .001 sec. Length of time that the element existed, according to Russian and U.S. scientists who said last week that they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

118 Atomic number of the newest element on the periodic table. The number refers to the quantity of protons in the nucleus of the element--the heaviest ever detected

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Oct. 30, 2006 | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

Secondly, a nearly inexhaustible source of procrastination is a phenomenon known as TV on DVD. Missed the last five seasons of “24” because you were in Lamont, writing response papers? Have no idea what the phrase “live together, die alone?...

Author: By Sara J. Culver, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DEAR SARA | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

If the voice of a generation speaks but nobody’s around to hear it, does it still make a sound? This is the kind of question that might provoke a grimace from filmmaker Andrew J. Bujalski ’98; indeed, this prompt is exactly the sort of...

Author: By Patrick R. Chesnut, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Unheard Voice of Our Generation | 10/5/2006 | See Source »

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