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With 270 million Americans and 4 billion people around the world using cell phones - and more signing up every day - a strong link between mobiles and cancer could have major public-health implications. As cell phones make and take calls, they emit low-level radio-frequency (RF) radiation. Stronger than FM radio signals, these RF waves are still a billionth the intensity of known carcinogenic radiation like X-rays. (See pictures from an X-ray studio...
...RF: That was really thrilling. It was a moment where I thought, “Everything has come together.” I knew the piece well. I love singing it. And it was an incredible honor to be a part of this historic event...
...RF: Oh yes, that’s what acting is, in a way. I prefer the singers who seem to forget that they’re singing. It’s very important. There’s a layering process. I feel sympathy for the person that I’m portraying, and I become her. But then I also substitute whatever their raw emotion is with my own experiences...
...RF: I try to be very direct and honest about what I hear and, at the same time, encouraging. It takes a lot of courage to get up and sing in a master class because you’re basically allowing yourself to be publicly criticized. I want people to feel comfortable, I want to be helpful without getting people too confused...
...RF: I’m really interested in seeing what students at Harvard bring to music and to see how an education of that quality informs how someone performs. It’s not lost on me that Yo-Yo Ma went to Harvard, developed, and became...