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...years, Catherine Wagner, like any other photographer, was limited to documenting the skin of the world. But in the early- to mid- 1990s, doing a series of photographs of science labs, Wagner, 48, was struck by how much of modern science depends on images that a camera cannot capture. To keep exploring the nexus of science and art--part of her ongoing interest in the systems people use to organize and make sense of the world--she decided that "I needed access to the same tools that the scientists work with...
...suicide bombers who struck the World Trade Center may not have brought down America's financial markets, but they would be pleased about the effects of their handiwork if they could pay a visit to Disney World today. Or the Las Vegas strip. Or the beaches of Hawaii. Everywhere there are signs of economic fallout: no lines, cheap tickets...
...A.Room might have struck a chord by waving the flag for Cantonese hip-hop but with success it's suddenly finding a larger mission. DJ Tommy earned raves from Japanese and Korean music 'zines in August with his A.Room-produced album Respect 4 Da Chopstick Hip Hop -- which he recorded with an eclectic mix of Japanese, Korean and Cantonese hip-hop artists. He believes beats can bring Asian youth together. "Because we like hip-hop we have something in common," says Tommy, who won international fame in the early '90s with his blurry-handed appearances at the world DJ competition...
...Russian passenger plane that plunged into the Black Sea, killing all 78 people on board. Israel closed its main airport amid fears that the downing of the Siberian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk was a terrorist act. U.S. officials said the Tupolev-154 may have been struck accidentally by a Ukrainian missile during a training exercise. MACEDONIA Plan in Jeopardy Macedonian police attempted to reoccupy several villages in the north of the country that had been held by ethnic Albanian rebels, but withdrew after meeting what one official called "a hostile reception." Western envoys in the country warned...
...traffic light in this Pakistani port city, a boy was weaving between cars and motor-rickshaws, selling posters of Osama bin Laden. My friend bought one, and we were both struck by the expression on Osama's face. It was ascetic and yet sensual, as he floated above an Afghan mountain range where an eagle was ripping its claws into an American F-16 jet fighter as if it was some hapless pigeon...