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"Today�s insights are not so much perceived from the shoulders of giants as glimpsed from a mountain of jointly authored papers announcing results from large labs, and rapidly circulated through journals, conferences and the Internet. So is the end of the traditional science biography in sight? The genre may be a lens magnifying portions of the history of science, but in time it could seem as antique as Galileo�s telescope. At the least, changes in science itself may demand that science biographers adapt or become extinct."

newmexican.com: U.S. ok'd for ozone-destroying pesticide:

"The Bush administration on Friday won international approval for U.S. farmers to use thousands of tons of a potent ozone-destroying pesticide without having to dip substantially into large stockpiles that were recently revealed."

hacking netflix: Should Libraries Outsource DVD Rental to Netflix?:

"If libraries could offer a discounted subscription to library card holders, is that a good idea? Should libraries be renting movies in the first place?"

blogging baby: Uncool dads, fret not: there's a book for you!:

"Find out how to make garbage bag kites, animated Lego movies and more -- so you, too, can be your household's very own MacGyver."

"This fact, she says, suggests that the brain changes don�t simply stem from the onset of the busier life that follows the arrival of a new family member, but from parenting itself. Kozorovitskiy cautions that the work isn�t directly applicable to humans, although other research has linked parenting with increased brain activity in humans. If nothing else, it could provide new dads with the ammo needed to extend their paternity leave."

photojojo: The Mailable Photo Frame:

"...when you're ready to send the photo to a friend, just fold in the cardboard stand and use the area provided to write a message and address."

nyt: Too Close for Comfort:

"St. Paul complained that married men were more concerned with pleasing their wives than pleasing God. In John Adams�s view, a �passion for the public good� was �superior to all private passions.� In both England and America, moralists bewailed �excessive� married love, which encouraged �men and women to be always taken up with each other.�"

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