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...kind. I knew I would be lonely for them always." Thomson's writings, compiled by Australian National University anthropologist Nicolas Peterson, at times leave one wanting more detail of the growth of such bonds. But elsewhere Thomson deftly steps between the roles of reflective friend and sharply observant scientist, sometimes with melancholic effect, as when he writes of the hunters who "are so much a part of the landscape; they fit in without a single note of discord, and I for one cannot bear to think of their passing, these lithe, splendid, unspoiled men, from their last stronghold...
MUSCLE DRUGS: How one scientist tracks down illegal steroids...
...scientist, he embraced the logic of hypnobirthing: if women are terrified of childbirth, the fight-or-flight reflex kicks in once the contractions start. This reflex shuts down organs that are nonessential to fighting and fleeing, including the uterus. With reduced blood flow, the uterus cramps, causing pain. If women could relax, the theory goes, they would experience no pain, have more effective contractions and therefore a shorter labor...
...sake of lasting reform of a frustratingly corrupt system, the FEC should reconsider its ruling. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize how soft money is inimical to America’s democratic process. Massive, unregulated donations give private citizens, unions and corporations undeniable leverage over the politicians and parties they’re funding. After all, politicians can afford to blow off the demands of a $200 donor, but they’re not going to ignore the guy giving them $200,000. The BCRA was supposed to curb the influence of large donors...
Greene’s prodigious talents as a scientist were evident at as early an age as five, when he used to multiply 30-digit by 30-digit numbers on large pieces of construction paper he would tape together. After exhausting all of the textbooks and resources at his junior high school, Greene remembers walking door to door at Columbia University with a note from his sixth grade teacher asking someone to challenge the gifted boy. Finally, he was apprenticed to a graduate student in mathematics and continued to study with him throughout high school...