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...Stevie Wonder??had a vision. In a music-industry first, the video for So What the Fuss, the single from the blind balladeer's album due next month, is enhanced with narration for the visually impaired. As Wonder performs the song onscreen, raspy rapper Busta Rhymes describes the visuals: "Stevie's playing a pearl-white drum set ..." he tells listeners. Calling the project a "breakthrough," Wonder says he's enlisting other artists to add descriptive narration to their videos as well. Before it catches on, we'd like to warn the visually impaired: Christina Aguilera sounds a lot better when...
Watching with wonder???and no doubt a little envy?the whirling star named Sagan, some of his colleagues feel that he has stepped beyond the bounds of science. They complain that he is driven by ego. They also say he tends to overstate his case, often fails to give proper credit to other scientists for their work and blurs the line between fact and speculation. But they probably represent a minority view. Most scientists, increasingly sensitive to the need for public support and understanding of research, appreciate what Sagan has become: America's most effective salesman of science. His pitch...
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