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...made the journey in reverse—not to find the precious metal, but having won it. Zornow, a.k.a. DJ Shiftee, returned to the States Monday, carrying a golden plaque, an oversized check for $10,000—and the title of world DJ champion, having conquered the world??s turntables...
...played our absolute best.” As a testament to the difficulty of The Course at Yale, only three individuals were able to shoot under par in the entire tournament. The course, playing at 6,749 yards to a par of 70, has been ranked among the world??s most difficult. “Everyone thinks they played better than they scored,” Shuman said, “because you hit a lot of shots on the green, the way it’s designed. It’s really a tribute to the Yale...
...past Nobel and Ig Nobel Laureates attended, including many who have become regular fixtures at the Ig Nobel prize ceremony. Kees Moeliker said he has flown over from the Netherlands for the Ig Nobels every year since winning in a prize in 2003 for his recording of the world??s first known case of homosexual necrophilia in a male duck. He is the European Bureau Chief at the Annals of Improbable Research, which presents the awards. His favorite winner this year? Glenda Browne, an indexer who studied the difficulties presented by the word...
...college graduates?Personally, I can think of very few—not even the Harry Potter series rises to the challenge. So when I heard that Nobel laureate E.J. Corey, the Harvard Chemistry Department’s biggest gun, planned to write a book examining the biochemistry of the world??s most important medicines that would be accessible to college undergrads and scientists alike—the equivalents of kindergartners to college graduates in terms of technical scientific knowledge—it’s an understatement to say that I was skeptical.But “Molecules...
...privacy and dignity. In 2001, HUPD successfully traced the calls to South Florida and issued a warning. The calls abated, evidence that stopping the problem—for a little while, at least—is possible without undue effort. Obviously no one can promise absolute protection against the world??s creeps, but there’s certainly no harm done in trying...