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...Celebrity culture has led to crazed consumerism. Parents, wake up: corporations create Hannah Montana types to grow profits, not to help parents raise their children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Nov. 12, 2007 | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

Things in Dr. Anthony Atala's lab at Wake Forest University are not always what they seem. On one lab bench, surrounded by gutted printer cartridges, lie the inner workings of an inkjet printer. But this isn't the scene of some document-printing job gone awry. Instead, the printer has been jury-rigged to handle something much more extraordinary than ink - it now sprays tiny living cells into the three-dimensional forms of human organs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Science of Growing Body Parts | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

...Jungle scooters will get you to your destination about 30% quicker than a regular cab, the hotel p.r. says. Sure, the 150cc motor sounds more like a electric shaver than an engine, but you'll have the last laugh as you weave through the gridlock, leaving motorists in your wake. Scooter fares start from a mere $1. For the Merc, you're looking at $45 an hour, or $95 for a one-way airport transfer - but you'd better be traveling light if booking the latter. The SLK 200 has about as much luggage room as, well, a scooter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time to Scoot | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

...direction that the president has said we’re heading in? So let’s coordinate it,’” he said of the group’s rationale.Card also said the group received incorrect intelligence information about what to expect in the wake of the invasion. “We were told that there were going to be generals with whole armies that would wave the white flag and say, ‘We’re on your side’ when we showed up—that’s what...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Card Says Bush ‘Needed’ Him To Leave His Post | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

...based maker of the device, began offering the weapon to law enforcement agencies in 1998. Since then, more than 12,000 departments have adopted it. Yet critics say that more studies need to be done to determine the safety of the "less-than-lethal" device. Last month researchers at Wake Forest University released the first large, independent study of injuries associated with Tasers, finding that they are relatively harmless and pose minimal risk of injury. In a review of nearly 1,000 cases, 99.7% of those subjected to a Taser had no injuries or only mild ones, such as scrapes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Tasers Being Overused? | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

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