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Nudes were her typical??subjects, but in 1953, when painter Odile Crick was asked by her husband Francis Crick to illustrate the Nobel-winning discovery he made with James Watson--the structure of DNA--she agreed to pitch in. Her work, the double helix with two spiraling chains of DNA, became an iconic global scientific symbol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Aug. 13, 2007 | 8/2/2007 | See Source »

Senegal-born, U.S.-raised Akon starts his tale of abandonment with typical??woe. Then the chorus--a sample of Bobby Vinton's Mr. Lonely, played at Chipmunk speed--arrives, and the song turns into a joke about self-pity. A rare R&B hit with a hint of self-awareness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: 10 Songs Worth at Least 99 Cents | 4/10/2005 | See Source »

...work of cleaning, cooking and asking for food from neighborhood merchants. Though discipline is strict, they are cheerful and friendly. The members huddle in frequent bull sessions and gather regularly for group therapy with a trained psychologist. In those agonizing meetings?the one with Ralphie is typical???the kids are by turns affectionate and caustic with one another. Whatever the mood at any one moment, they show a passionate seriousness and a deep mutual concern that is overwhelming to an outsider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Kids and Heroin: The Adolescent Epidemic | 3/16/1970 | See Source »

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