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...textbook argues that the universe has more than the traditionally recognized four dimensions. Randall proposes that our physical reality is simply a slice of space, a “membrane” or “brane,” in a higher-dimensional bulk. She argues that the root “fabric” of the universe has five dimensions. This is hardly a pedestrian concept to the average reader, but Randall makes these abstractions accessible by inserting fictional passages and popular song lyrics at the head of each chapter. With this popularizing cover, Randall charts the history...
...post-9/11 political commentary) pulled out of the theatre where I caught a screening of “War of the Worlds.” The only reason to save the films would be for an anthropology paper entitled, “Poop and Culture: Ethnographically Approximating the Root Causes of Loose Stool,” which has already been written several times by Roger Ebert anyway...
...Zheng also shared his thoughts on overseas Chinese-language websites. China's one-party system is "the root of all evil," he wrote in an essay that was one of 63 signed articles he posted on dajiyuan.com, a website popular among Chinese intellectuals. Even though Web surfers in China can't normally access dajiyuan.com$#8212;it's among a long list of sites blacklisted by government censors$#8212;police arrested Zheng last December on charges of inciting subversion. On Sept. 22, he was sentenced to seven years in prison. Beijing had once again sent a stern message to Chinese...
Perhaps the root of this injustice is that Americans only feel compelled to respond to natural disasters, whereas poverty is a societal disaster. The American dream is so ingrained in our society that the majority of Americans believe that we live in a complete meritocracy. A study last year by the Economist, however, showed that the incomes of those in the bottom quintile of earners in America has increased by less than 7 percent since 1979, while the incomes of those in the top quintile has increased by 70 percent. This indicates that there are barriers to social mobility that...
Black cohosh is moderately effective in relieving many symptoms (but not hot flashes). Like other botanicals, such as red-clover leaf, dong quai and ginseng root, it needs more research. --By Coco Masters