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Archaeologists in the Holy Land like to joke that their profession is vulnerable to a milder form of the syndrome. When scientists find a cracked, oversize skull in the Valley of Elah, it can be hard to resist the thought that it might have belonged to Goliath, or to imagine, while excavating the cellars of a Byzantine church, that the discovery of a few wooden splinters might be part of the cross on which Christ died. This milder malady is nothing new. In the mid-19th century, British explorers who came to Jerusalem with a shovel in one hand...
Shedding Our DNA Chains The article on epigenetics was thought provoking [Jan. 18]. I had always considered that natural selection was too slow and random a process to allow the animal kingdom to successfully deal with environmental change. I am now filled with hope and trepidation about the effects that future environmental challenges will have on the human race. If physiological conditioning can have a transient effect on our gene activity, then can sociological conditioning also determine the traits of future genetics such as physical appearance, attraction, sexual orientation, academic and sporting prowess? Are changes in epigenetic marks the driving...
...grander scale, Avatar has achieved what many industry savants thought impossible. It has passed the $1.843 billion worldwide gross of the previous all-time smash: Cameron's own Titanic, from 1997. Barring an instant apocalypse, Avatar will have passed Titanic's $600.8 million domestic take by the end of January. Since the new movie's gross is declining only 10% to 15% each week - far less than most pictures - there may be no stopping the Avatar avalanche...
...thing about it then is, it's been so much time--1979 until now. If we don't do something that's a thousand times better than the last time we recorded, that's a scary place to be. I don't want to destroy the myth. If I thought it was possible, I'd do it. I'm not saying I'll never do it, but we did try, and it didn't work out. We have one month where we're talking. The next month, we ain't. But if they call me for something, I'm there...
...fact is, I enjoyed any occasion to spend time with Bob. The casual observer who may have seen us play golf or hunt over the past 50 years might have thought we were wasting our time if our goal was to demonstrate any true proficiency. But they would have missed the point. The real goal, for me at least, was to spend time with a man who loved life, loved his wonderful family and was patriotic to the core...