On the Town

The New Pantheon

October 23, 2001 by

His name is Zeus. He rules his domain with an iron fist. But he's not a Greek god. He's not human, either. He's your new surgeon.
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Worming Our Way Out of Cancer

October 16, 2001 by

Researchers located gene p53 in a species of nematode worm known as C. elegans. The findings promise to make headway in the search for a cure for cancer.
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Fourteen Million Years in Tibet

October 10, 2001 by

"I've been on top of six thousand-meter-high mountains in Central Tibet," UCSB Geologist Bradley Hacker said. "They don't really have a particular name. Just features out in the middle of the Plateau....
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This is Rocket Science: The Stories Behind Vandenberg

September 25, 2001 by

Welcome to Vandenberg Air Force Base in north Santa Barbara county, where history is made behind locked doors. Vandenberg is the United States' proving ground for Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.
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