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CERN's clerisy of PhDs and Nobel Prize-winners tire pretty quickly of the public's near-erotic obsession with the destructive power of a machine they consider a harmless tool. But, there's no underestimating the thrill of the risk. Earlier this year, when I visited CERN, my tour group included a father and his slouching, intensely apathetic teenage son. It wasn't until the tour guide mentioned that a helium leak could fell a man on the spot that the youngster's eyes lit up, practically dancing with visions of white-coated scientists crumpling to the floor like...
...whacked myself into a corner,” he said between blows, pointing out the failure of his attempts at “bilateral flaking,” an ancient process by which bits of stone are driven off both sides of a rock to create a tool with a knife-like edge...
...might provide companies with a financial incentive to come to Harvard. Second, while students ultimately must find their own jobs, OCS can and should “advertise” Harvard students to the job market. One way they could do this would be to create an online tool similar to the one used by On-Campus Recruiting that puts student resumes out in the ether and allows students to rank their levels of interest in different jobs. Web sites like the Common Application, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), and Harvard’s own Student Employment Office...
...Republican National Convention (RNC) heaped scorn not just on Barack Obama but also on his running mate, who apparently goes by the name Themedia Elite. And no wonder, because this Themedia Elite guy sounds like a tool. Incredibly sexist. Incorrigibly liberal. Laughs at regular folks. Windsurfs on a board made of arugula...
...same-intensity hurricane today wreaks all sorts of havoc that wouldn't have occurred had human beings not migrated. (To see how your own coastal county has changed in population, check out this cool graphing tool from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...