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Saturday in L.A.: Peter Gizzi and the Poetic Research Bureau
Jacket CopyPoet Peter Gizzi reads Saturday at a gallery filled with art by Richard Kraft in a show that connects the artist and poet.... -
DNA, Mladic and the science of justice in the former Yugoslavia
Despite his efforts to stave off his long-overdue date with justice, indicted war criminal Ratko Mladic appeared before a panel of judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague on Friday. Soon he will stand trial for...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Judges, Suicide, International Court or Tribunal, Science and Technology
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Technology can both improve and hinder family relationships, survey says
L.A. Times Tech BlogCambridge University has released a report on how information and communication technology affects family life. The study analyzed questionnaires from 1,000 families each in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and China. The conclusion:... -
Rod Martin is entering a new frontier
marieg@herald-mail.comGazing up into a night sky, it's easy to get swept off into the heavens. Thousands of stars appear, like diamonds on velvet, with more graduations of intensity than the naked eye can perceive. Rod Martin was no more than 5 years old when he peered...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Colleges and Universities, Indiana University, Human Interest, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland)
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Maurice Goldhaber dies at 100; noted nuclear and particle physicist
Maurice Goldhaber, one of the pioneers of modern physics whose experiments helped create the current understanding of how the world works, died May 11 at his home on Long Island, N.Y., after a short illness. He had celebrated his 100th birthday less...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Hartland, Physics, Colleges and Universities, Human Interest
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John Oliver At Foxwoods Saturday
The Hartford CourantJohn Oliver's career as lead correspondent on "The Daily Show," active standup performer and occasional actor in TV and movie comedies is quite different from the goals he had at prestigious University of Cambridge. "I studied English in college, which...Tags: Mike Lawrence, Rob Corddry, Ed Helms, Cambridge (England), Colleges and Universities
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Allan R. Sandage dies at 84; cosmologist focused on the age of the universe
Astronomer Allan R. Sandage of Pasadena's Carnegie Observatories, one of the most prominent cosmologists of the 20th century who spent the better part of his lifetime trying to determine the precise age of the universe, died Saturday at his home in San...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Colleges and Universities, Heart Attack, Iowa
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When to choose cosmetic surgery, and when not to
I don't have anything against cosmetic surgery.
No amount of running or iron pumping was going to do anything about the genetically programmed dark circles under my eyes, so I got those things zapped with a nuclear-powered laser that made me twitch and...Tags: Surgery, Medical Research, Colleges and Universities, Mental Health, Lance Armstrong
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3 U.S. scientists share Nobel Prize in medicine
Three U.S. scientists who discovered key aspects of how cells and animals age and how cancer cells become immortal have won the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
Elizabeth Blackburn of UC San Francisco, Carol W. Greider of Johns Hopkins...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Colleges and Universities, California, Science and Technology
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The Siren's Call: No country for young men either
Los Angeles TimesTerror comes in many forms. Ever since he started writing for sci-fi magazines and for "The Twilight Zone," Richard Matheson has been giving readers a grand tour in the gardens of menace. No one is safe. Not just the nervous passenger who sees a monster...Tags: Walt Disney, Brooklyn (New York City), Colleges and Universities, Stephen King, Human Interest
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Lack of data from Japan distresses nuclear experts
How did Japanese workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant jury-rig fire hoses to cool damaged reactors? Is contaminated water from waste pools overflowing into the Pacific Ocean? Exactly who is the national incident commander?
The answers to these...Tags: United Nations, Washington (U.S. state), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Colleges and Universities, Politics
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Heaven is a fairy tale, says physicist Hawking
ReutersLONDON (Reuters Life!) - Heaven is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking said in an interview published on Monday. Hawking, 69, was expected to die within a few years of being diagnosed...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Stephen Hawking, Google Inc., Science and Technology
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