Word: someness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Historians should step aside for this husband-wife team, he a Wall Street Journal editor, she a novelist. Their treasury of more than 400 epistles renders a more definitive portrait of America's past 99 years than would all the centennial books laid decade to decade. Some entries are moving...
Of course, on this question of old age, science is still a baby. There are plenty of biologists who believe that aging and death are as inevitable as taxes. No one really knows if human longevity will come up against a fixed barrier somewhere or if, like the sound barrier...
The genomics may be new, but not the economics. When you take your gene card to the pharmacy in 2025 for flu pills, bring a credit card too. Made-to-fit drugs won't be cheap. Some of us may have to make do with two aspirins and all the...
So far, medical science has had only mixed results with brain-cell transplants. Take the treatment of Parkinson's disease, for example, a condition that is gradually depriving more than 1 million Americans of their ability to move and speak. The disease is caused by the slow deterioration of brain...
Angela pads off to the kitchen to pick up her drink, then heads to the bathroom. Before the toilet finishes flushing, its sensors have completed a urinalysis and stool test. The information is automatically patched through to a secure website that contains all her medical records. If anything alarming, such...