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...important as the substance he or she uses. "Any material is only as good as the person who's injecting it," says Brandt. "Collagen put in the wrong area could actually accentuate wrinkles." On the other hand, dermatologists point out, a skilled technician may be able to transform your face over a lunch break...
...hippie vibe the place radiates is a front. Looking past the shabby prefab trailers and scrubby farmland they skirt, you see that Murakami is as much a factory floor manager as an artist. Under his direction, computer researchers catalog recurring motifs for easy cut-and-paste reproduction, drafters transform sketches into outlines on canvas with robot-like precision, and technicians keep precisely documented recipes for the 70 to 800 colors used in each painting. All workers circulate e-mail updates on their progress every day (an idea Murakami borrowed from a book by Microsoft's Bill Gates) and the KaiKai...
...just as some people sit at home in baggy tops or threadbare sweaters projecting a different version of themselves over the Internet or phone, so crew members of the Nebuchadnezzar transform themselves from grimy refugees to sleek sophisticates once they plug into the Matrix. What sci-fi nerd could ask for more than the instant urbanity afforded by outfits like those worn by Laurence Fishburne's Morpheus...
...Still, if the retail-music business is going to survive, this may be what it has to look like, and for the business side, that's the real significance of the digital revolution. "It's not piracy per se but a transition to a digital world that will transform what a record company is and how it works," says EMI's Rose. "While downloading is an important issue, it's just symbolic of a much more fundamental shift in how music will be moved and acquired by consumers and be used...
...finding won't eliminate the controversy around stem-cell research. Unlike the stem cells found in embryos, which can become anything from skin to nerves to muscle, the stem cells in baby teeth seem to transform themselves only into bone, nerve and fat cells, limiting their usefulness. They do, however, grow more quickly than stem cells found in full-grown adults. It's too early to suggest that children should start banking their baby teeth--and Shi for now has all the teeth he needs. Still, the Tooth Fairy must be very proud...