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Our Disfunctional Airlines

July 26th, 2005 at 11:58 pm » Comments (0)

Atlanta has the worst record this year, with more than 35 percent of flights delayed; Chicago’s O’Hare ranked last in 2004 with 30 percent.



Breakthrough Bone Grafting

July 26th, 2005 at 11:26 pm » Comments (0)

An international team of biomedical engineers has demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to grow healthy new bone reliably in one part of the body and use it to repair damaged bone at a different location.



Killing Viruses with Nanotech becoming more Realistic

July 26th, 2005 at 10:09 am » Comments (0)

When Dr. James Baker returned from the first Gulf War in 1991, his University of Michigan colleagues must have assumed the medical researcher’s head had sustained a direct Scud missile hit. The good doctor came home with some pretty wacky ideas.



Discovering Work Life Balance

July 26th, 2005 at 7:39 am » Comments (0)

Brad Feld: The challenge of “work life balance” is a central theme for many people, especially entrepreneurs. It took me 15 years, a failed first marriage, and my current wife (Amy Batchelor, Wellesley Graduate) almost calling it quits for me to realize that I had to figure out what “work life balance” meant [...]



Virgins to get Free College Education

July 26th, 2005 at 12:01 am » Comments (0)

A Ugandan member of parliament has pledged to reward girls for their chastity by paying their university fees if they are virgins when they leave school.