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...flatness of the universe also means the theory of inflation has passed a key test. Originally conceived around 1980 (in the course of elementary-particle, not astronomical, research), the theory says the entire visible universe grew from a speck far smaller than a proton to a nugget the size of a grapefruit, almost instantaneously, when the whole thing was .000000000000000000000000000000000001 sec. old. This turbo-expansion was driven by something like dark energy but a whole lot stronger. What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time. Says M.I.T.'s Alan Guth, a pioneer...
...dust personalities like LiLi are already in a few work arenas, like newscasting and fashion modeling, and computer-generated talking heads are never late, always friendly and don't demand a first-class seat. "LiLi's the cheapest veejay to travel with," says the man who made her, James Speck, creative director of Cowboy Water Design. "She never complains...
...fact that the two turned out to be such a pair, however, was but a speck of entertainment in an endless sea of fluff. This was the most painfully obvious of the "Survivor" episodes. If Colby was going to win the immunity challenge (like we thought) and pass up the chance to walk all over Keith in the finals just because he liked Tina (like we thought), then why, exactly, had we sat through 115 minutes of the Longest Two Hours of My Life...
...Well, as far as the screenwriting is concerned, I usually just start with a single character or a little speck of an idea and just go from there. You start small and build little by little. I went to film school for about a semester, but that was just so I could get my hands on the equipment-you really have to use film rather than video if you want to make it on the film festival circuit. But in my opinion, film school won't teach you anything...
...woman. Even when the bug inspects the woman's lips, busies itself at her nipple or ventures between her legs, she's as motionless as a guard at Buckingham Palace. Whatever else Fly might be, it's a weirdly absorbing encounter between two forms of life, one a tireless speck of aggressive curiosity, the other a serenely mysterious stretch of pure being...