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...related complaint was raised in 1993 by a Russian scientist named Dmitri Kouznetsov and enthusiastically supported by John Jackson, a physicist who was one of the leaders of the 1978 research team and is now co-director of the Turin Shroud Center of Colorado. Kouznetsov suggested that the radiocarbon dates had been thrown off by the entire shroud's exposure to a fire in 1532, which could have been expected to alter its carbon profile...
...patent system] is very effective with alimited social cost," Gilbert says. "The 10 yearsduring which you can charge what you will is shortcompared to the eternity [for which the public hasaccess to a scientist's invention]."File photoProfessor THOMAS P. MANIATIS...
...Hauser] is a superb scientist and we're just delighted that the psychology department was able promote him, and Dean Knowles was able to provide the position [Hauser will be] offered," said Peter T. Ellison, chair of the Anthropology Department...
...look at the issue as a slippery slope. Humankind (researchers and the rest of us alike) has always proceeded with some trepidation on genetic research, and caution is usually the rule of thumb. In fact, with the charged morality of the chimera issue, it is highly unlikely that any scientist would try to create a species with near-human intellect and even more inconceivable that they could do so with the hopes of monetary profit that Newman has in mind as motivation...
...Clock's time is posted on the World Wide Web, and this Web site soon became one of my most frequent places of virtual pilgrimage. But who knew if some scientist, under the crunch of a project deadline, hadn't made a few minor adjustments...