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...were a nematode in Siegfried Hekimi's genetics lab, you would be one of the most remarkable creatures in the world. It wouldn't be your looks that made you special, of course. As a tiny transparent worm measuring a millimeter from tip to tail, you would be nearly invisible to the naked eye. Nor would it be the way you spent your time. Moving little and eating less, you would pass all your days inside a Petri dish, resting atop a bed of nutrient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAN WE STAY YOUNG? | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...script by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore, the Enterprise is sailing through space, with its Frisbee contours and fabulous tail fins, toward mop-up duty in the Federation's war against its ugliest nemesis. The Borg are flying back to the 21st century to prevent the first rendezvous between humans and benevolent extraterrestrials, then to "assimilate" all earthlings and turn them into crusty, cranky robots. Picard, who has been denied active duty for the very reason he needs to fight--because of his earlier assimilation by the Borg--disobeys orders and, y'know, saves the galaxy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ALIENS! ADVENTURE! ACTING! | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

JEAN CHRETIEN Tail wags dog: Canadian PM persuades Clinton to join risky multinational Zaire relief effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 25, 1996 | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...previously unreleased number with Lewis Carroll-like lyrics and avant-garde inventiveness. But there's also an urgent I'm So Tired, still one of Lennon's most potent songs--ennui, annoyance, panic and plea in two minutes flat. The mood of these sessions is serious fun. Songs tail into parody as the lads assume the IDs of sham bands: Ricky and the Red Streaks, or Los Paranoias ("Come on, enjoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: IT'S MOLDY ROCK 'N' ROLL | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...remember tying cans to the tail of the neighbor's cat," he says. "It was extremely unsociable...and imperious...

Author: By Angela C. Walch, | Title: Memories Kindle Halloween Spirits | 11/1/1996 | See Source »

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