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Since Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk fell from grace last year over his now-discredited work on human cloning, he has been stripped of his position at Seoul National University and currently faces trial on charges of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the donors who sponsored his work. At last week's hearing, Hwang explained that while some of the cash may have found its way into extracurricular projects, "all of the money was used for the purpose of research." Besides paying for one scientist's wedding and another's housing, that research agenda apparently included attempts...
...kind of intense, early focus on Iowa--whose caucuses kick off the voting each presidential year--is not new. During the 1988 campaign, Democrat Dick Gephardt of Missouri even had his mother move from her St. Louis home into a Des Moines apartment--a better base from which to woo the state's elderly voters. The difference this year is that "people are coming in earlier and more often than they ever have," says Gordon Fischer, former head of the Iowa Democratic Party. The influx reflects a wide-open contest for the White House. For the first time since...
...mannerisms and strangeness, Eastern societies have dehumanized the scientist in a completely opposite way: They have deified him. In many Asian countries, scientists are national heroes. Take Chen Jin, a top physicist, who was feted by top Chinese leaders for developing the Hanxin computer chip. Or Hwang Woo-Suk, the South Korean biologist whose pioneering stem cell research was a point of national pride. When the research of each scientist was uncovered as fraudulent, it was a blow not just to the field in which his work was conducted, not just to the institution he was affiliated...
...Korean Cloner Hwang is down but not out Cloning pioneer Hwang Woo Suk admitted in court last week that he falsified much of his data. He could get three years in jail, a prospect that doesn't seem to daunt him; he plans to open a new lab in Seoul this month...
...neutrality still has a fighting chance. The telecom bill will be going to the full Senate, where the bloggers have one advantage. The chamber is full of potential candidates for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination who have been jockeying lately to see who can best woo the bloggers...