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The Tools That Make You Smile In case you've missed the hoopla, the iPad is a touchscreen slate or tablet computer, about yay big diagonally (where yay = 9.7 in., or about 25 cm), weighing in at just 1.5 lb. (680 g). For Apple, there's something novel about the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The iPad Launch: Can Steve Jobs Do It Again? | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

Some seismologists have doubts about Grant's research, saying the toads' behavior could have just been a fluke. After all, critics say, the L'Aquila earthquake was preceded by minor shocks that also worried the city's residents. "If there was a fright among the toads, it would have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Toads Predict Earthquakes? | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

Grant, though, is convinced there's a connection. The question now, she says, is whether seismologists can do anything with her research to try to predict the next big one. "A lot of people are asking, 'Can we use them as a kind of monitoring tool, keep one at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Toads Predict Earthquakes? | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

Anyone who’s seen “The Donkey Show” will tell you: it’s bat-shit crazy. The concept sounds like something from the world’s campiest, most hallucinogen-happy comedy improv troupe: “Alright, darling, I want ?...

Author: By Alexander J.B. Wells, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: What It Takes To Be a Donkey | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

For one anonymous Harvardian, getting into Harvard was something of a curse. “As a Boston-area native from a Harvard-favored public school, not only was I not ecstatic about my admission, I was actually depressed that I hadn't gotten into other schools that would finally...

Author: By Derrick Asiedu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Decision Day 2010: Remember When You Got into Harvard? | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

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