Newsweek articles from December 2007

Newsweek archives from December 2007

Love, Loss -- And Love.(Family)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Karen Springen The death of a young child can devastate a family. How couples decide they're ready to try again. Two years ago, 5-month-old Cody Schmurr died from multiple congenital myopathy -- a rare condition that made his...

Makeover For A Motor City Gem.(Arts)(Detroit Institute of Arts)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Cathleen Mcguigan The reopened Detroit Institute of Arts didn't just get a face-lift. It got an attitude adjustment for the 21st century. When you get off the freeway and head toward the Detroit Institute of Arts, you first...

Attention Must Be Paid.(Arts; BOOKS)('Flying to America')(Book review)
December 3, 2007... Byline: David Gates Postmodernist Donald Barthelme's posthumous revival gets a little help from friends old and new. Donald Barthelme died of cancer in 1989, and it's taken this long to get all his stories back in print. He was a...

Ben & Jerry's Bitter Crunch.(Business)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Suzanne Smalley Some ailing franchisees say the ice-cream maker isn't nearly as sweet as its image. Rainforest Crunch. Cherry Garcia. Peace Pops. Perhaps no other consumer brand's image is so entwined with hippie-inspired...

The Sermon On The Mall.(The Money Culture; Daniel Gross)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Daniel Gross The Christmas season brings out the gleeful child in adults. At dusk, harried midtown Manhattan office workers pause to gaze in delight at the Saks window displays. After Thanksgiving, world-weary grumbling gives way...

The Ring And I, Analyzed.(American Geek; N'Gai Croal)(technology writer)
December 3, 2007... Byline: N'Gai Croal What do our phones say about us? If you use a blackberry, does that mean you're a round-the-clock workaholic? If you have an iPhone, are you an artsy type who flits from one distraction to another? What does it say when...

Reclaiming My Voice.(Turning Point)('Revival'; musician)
December 3, 2007... Byline: John Fogerty After Creedence broke up, the musician spent years searching for his own sound. With love, he found it. My new album, "Revival," comes by its title naturally -- a return to making the kind of music I became known...

A Director Confronts Some Dark Material.(Culture)(Chris Weitz; 'The Golden Compass')
December 3, 2007... Byline: Devin Gordon Daunted by filming 'The Golden Compass,' part one of Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy, Chris Weitz quit. Good thing he came back. Chris Weitz likes to say that he is both the first and the third director of "The...

Back Talk: And What a Turbulent Time It Was.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
December 3, 2007... "1968: The Year That Changed Everything": Readers commented on the '60s and the watershed year 1968. One said, "I graduated from Princeton in 1968, and the 1968 you present barely resembles the one I remember. No hippies? No psychedelic drugs?...

The Editor's Desk.(The Editor's Desk)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Jon Meacham Brother Peter Bonventre was an assistant principal at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn in the years its most notable alumnus, Rudy Giuliani, studied there. Nearly 50 years on, Brother Peter is a guidance...

How No. 1s Pick No. 2s.(George F. Will; THE LAST WORD)(presidential election)
December 3, 2007... Byline: George F. Will Seriously, now: Have you ever met anyone who voted for a presidential candidate because of his running mate? A high-priced lawyer, a low-priced lawyer and the tooth fairy are sitting at a table on which rests a...

A New French Revolution.(Fareed Zakaria; World View)(labor reform)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Fareed Zakaria This could be the start of Europe's biggest turnaround since Thatcher revived Britain. You can measure the change in France by the use of prefixes. Ten years ago, the French railed against American "hyperpower."...

Messiah On A Hill.(Middle East)(Munib al-Masri)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Kevin Peraino Billionaire Munib al-Masri looks to capitalize on Palestinian anger. By car they're only 15 minutes apart, but you can't get much further from the West Bank's desperate refugee camps than the summit of Mount...

Where Are The Monks?(Burma)(junta and the Burmese monks)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Lennox Samuels The junta has jailed some of Burma's Buddhist clergy, derobed others and driven many into exile. The 26-year-old monk was one of thousands who took to Burma's streets in late September. Like so many of them he...

Murder Most Wired.(Crime)(using the internet as a tool in the investigation of Meredith Kercher's murder )
December 3, 2007... Byline: Barbie Nadeau and Christopher Dickey; With Jessica Au in London Police in Italy have turned to the Web to unravel a gruesome and heartbreaking homicide mystery. Late on the morning of Nov. 2, in the Italian city of Perugia, an...

China's African Misadventures.(China)(business transactions)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Scott Johnson Beijing has dramatically outpaced its rivals in Africa. But at ground level, things don't always look so rosy. The town of Catumbela, in Central Angola, sits on a sprawling, fertile plateau planted with plantains...

There's No Place Like -- Iraq?(Iraq)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Larry Kaplow, Rod Nordland And Silvia Spring Actually, yes. Refugees are returning -- but it's tough to resettle them without worsening sectarian divisions. Dawood is happy to be back in Baghdad. Not that he had much choice....

The Case For Facing Facts.(Opinion)(progress in Iraq)
December 3, 2007... Why we need to acknowledge that the news from Iraq has been getting better I have been troubled by the reluctance of my fellow liberals to acknowledge the progress made in Iraq in the last six months, a reluctance I am embarrassed to admit...

The Mind-Body Problem.(Movies)(The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)(Movie review)
December 3, 2007... Byline: David Ansen The hero of 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' can move only one eye -- but he sure does get around. Jean-Dominique Bauby, the sybaritic, sophisticated, womanizing editor of French Elle, was 43 when he suffered a...

Not Ready For Crunch Time.(Movies)(The Savages)(Movie review)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Byline: David Ansen In "The Savages," writer-director Tamara Jenkins tackles a subject everybody deals with and filmmakers tend to shy away from: that painful role reversal when a child has to become an aging parent's parent. As anyone who...

When 'Goodbye' Is A Click Away.(My Turn)(internet dating)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Jackie Lee Thomas; Thomas Lives In Mt. Pleasant, Pa. Ready to start dating again, I decided to try out the Internet. But I discovered it was easy come, easy go. After the end of an 18-year relationship, the last thing I wanted...

Growing Up Giuliani.(Cover Story: Politics; Rudy's Roots)(Cover story)(Biography)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Evan Thomas And Suzanne Smalley; With Michael Isikoff, Arian Campo-Flores, Lisa Miller And Mark Hosenball Rudy Giuliani was raised to understand that fine, blurry line between saint and sinner. The making of his moral code. On...

A New Shot At History.(Justice)(Washington's handgun ban)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Martha Brant And Stuart Taylor Jr. The high court will soon examine D.C.'s handgun ban. In the meantime, life on the street carries on. Washington, D.C., has the toughest gun-control laws in the country. For 31 years, it has...

Barack Strikes Back.(Campaign 2008)(Barack Obama )
December 3, 2007... Byline: Richard Wolffe He's still a little uneasy pursuing politics as a game, played to win. But Obama is suiting up now. Two months ago, Barack Obama traveled to Ashford University in Eastern Iowa to spell out exactly how he would...

Caroline On His Mind.(Newsmakers)(Neil Diamond's 'Sweet Caroline' is Caroline Kennedy)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Last week crooner Neil Diamond revealed that the inspiration for his 1969 hit "Sweet Caroline" was none other than Caroline Kennedy. She was all of 11 at the time. This changes everything. Neil sings: Where it began I can't begin to...

Every Rose Has Its Thorns.(Newsmakers)(updates on 'The Bachelor')(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Deanna Pappas and Jenni Croft were hoping for a rose. Instead they got hosed. In the 11th-season (ohmigod!) finale of ABC's reality show "The Bachelor," Pappas and Croft learned that this year's beefcake, Brad Womack, would be proposing -- to...

James McAvoy.(Newsmakers; Q & A)(Atonement)(Interview)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh In "Atonement," James McAvoy steals Keira Knightley's heart, and he'll probably take yours, too. He spoke to Ramin Setoodeh. This role spans several years. How did you prepare? I tried to lose weight in...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)
December 3, 2007... "I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest-ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so." Former White House spokesperson Scott McClellan, in his forthcoming memoir, in which he...

In The Mideast, Giving Peace (Another) Chance.(Periscope; Diplomacy)(Israel and Pakistan)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Dan Ephron Israelis and Palestinians have always been better at making peace-deal promises than following through on them. As the latest peace conference gets underway this week in Annapolis, Md., Palestinians are pressing...

Bankrolling Ali's Asylum.(Periscope; Faith)(Ayaan Hirsi Ali political refugee in Paris)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Jerry Adler Ayaan Hirsi Ali stands at the nexus of forces shaping the 21st century -- and it's a very dangerous place to be. The Somali-born author, who repudiated traditional Islam in her best-selling memoir, "Infidel," fled her...

Bracing For The Gender Neutral Test.(Periscope; Campaign '08)(Hillary Clinton and the neutrality of the general election)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Andrew Romano For Hillary Clinton, a funny thing has happened on the way to the Democratic nomination: one of her biggest potential handicaps -- her gender -- has become her biggest strength. Seeking to "smash" what she calls "the...

With Friends Like These --.(Periscope; ANALOGY CHECK)(America's relationship with Pakistan and Iran)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Sam Seibert History repeats itself, but not without a few wrinkles. We make the connections -- then pick them apart. The Comparison America's uneasy relationship with Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf (above,...

A Man Out Of Step With His Country.(Periscope; Transition)(Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Ian Smith)(Obituary)
December 3, 2007... Ian Smith, 88, Politician For 15 turbulent years, Smith led the British colony of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) as its prime minister and last colonial leader. He died last week after a massive stroke. F. W. de Klerk, the former South African...

Black Friday Edition.(Periscope; CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WATCH)
December 3, 2007... Now retailers want us to shop on Thanksgiving, rather than waiting a whole day. And don't worry about that credit crunch. Iraq (up) Less violence, some actual (unarmed) street life. How about some political progress? McClellan (equal)...

Beyond Wonderful.(Periscope; A CW LOOK AT HOLIDAY FILMS OF YORE)(Christmas movies)(Brief article)(List)
December 3, 2007... What to watch after you've sat through "It's a Wonderful Life," "Miracle on 34th Street" and "A Christmas Carol" for the 134th time. 'Babes in Toyland' (up) Magical Laurel and Hardy version of Victor Herbert operetta. (1934) 'Meet Me...

MacGyver In Mesopotamia.(Periscope; IRAQ)(tactics used by American soldiers)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Silvia Spring It took Marcelle Shriver nearly a year -- and hundreds of donations -- to pack up 80,000 cans of Silly String to send to her son in Iraq. This was no lighthearted care package: Todd and his fellow soldiers were using...

LET'S Roll, Tide! (And See Our Coach Turn Crimson.).(Periscope; THE DIGNITY INDEX)(measuring the behaviors of Heather Mills McCartney, Nick Saban, and Sen. John McCain)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... A weekly mathematical survey of dubious behavior that measures, on a scale of 1 to 100, just how low a person can go Index recidivist Heather Mills McCartney is back for labeling rich people "snobby" and "stingy" -- even as she seeks...

Girls Just Want A -- Best Seller.(Periscope; GENDER)(The Daring Book for Girls)(Young adult review)(Book review)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Jennie Yabroff The dangerous book for boys," Conn and Hal Iggulden's take on classic British boys' periodicals, has been a fixture on the best-seller list for more than five months. So it's no surprise that the red clothbound...

A Stunning Sex Scene -- With No Sex.(Periscope; Worth Your Time)
December 3, 2007... Byline: David Ansen The most erotically charged movie scene I've encountered recently occurs about 30 minutes into "Starting Out in the Evening," a small independent movie by director Andrew ("The Talent Given Us") Wagner. It's not a sex...

Smile! You're On Camera.(Periscope; Fast Chat)(Interview)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Jessica Bennett The average American is caught on tape some 200 times a day, but for many of us the notion that we're being watched -- at all times -- has yet to sink in. That's what makes Adam Rifkin's acclaimed new film, "Look,"...

Augusten Burroughs.(Periscope; A LIFE IN BOOKS)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... In a pair of hit memoirs ("Running With Scissors" and "Dry") and two essay collections, Burroughs recounts a life that is by turns comic and appalling. Next up: a new memoir about life with his philosopher father. His list for good times and...

Pregnant, Or Just Plain Hip?(Periscope; Style)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Tony Dokoupil Jennifer Lopez kept the tabloids abuzz with pregnancy rumors for months, in part because of an unlikely accomplice: high fashion. Baby-doll tops, smock dresses and other free-flowing styles that keep expanding bellies...

AIDS And The Pastor's Wife.(Belief Watch)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Lisa Miller 'I always say, "Before marriage, opposites attract. After marriage, opposites attack",' Rick Warren says with a laugh. You might think of this week as Kay Warren's coming-out party. Her husband, Rick, who is perhaps...

The 'Geo-Engineering' Scenario.(Sharon Begley; ON SCIENCE)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Sharon Begley We may soon become desperate to turn down the thermostat faster than reducing CO2 emissions can. After decades spent studying volcanoes, Alan Robock can list 20 reasons why humans should not try to play god with...

Reality Check On An Embryonic Debate.(Science)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Sharon Begley; With Jeneen Interlandi So skin cells can turn into stem cells. That doesn't mean cures are in sight. When President George W. Bush vetoed Congress's latest stem-cell bill in June, he tried to soften the blow and...

The Season To Be Wary.(The Tip Sheet; Environment)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Linda Stern It's a tough year to be a toy-buying parent. In recent months, almost 25 million mostly Chinese-made toys have been recalled because they have dangerous amounts of lead or magnets -- which can cause intestinal damage...

Smooth, Smart and Extra Safe.(The Tip Sheet; ROAD TEST / MERCEDES-BENZ S63)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Tara Weingarten The S63 is not just a great drive, it's the safest car Mercedes-Benz has ever made. Body roll has been reduced 63 percent, allowing this full-size sedan to easily slice through corners and stop smoothly. The Brake...

Know What's in Your Genes.(The Tip Sheet; FAMILY)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Anna Kuchment There are family trees -- and then there are genograms. A genogram goes beyond names and birth dates to chart information about relatives' relationships with one another, their physical and mental health, and the...

High Prices Are For The Birds.(The Tip Sheet; Outdoors)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Konnie Lemay The cost of birdseed has taken off. By some estimates, you'll pay 50 percent more this year to keep the cardinals fed through the winter. Reasons for the soaring prices include the high cost of gas and the diversion of...

Perfect Weekend: The Catskills.(The Tip Sheet; Travel)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Raina Kelley If your thought when hearing "Catskills" is "Woodstock '69," it's time for an updated visit. Located 120 miles north of New York City, the area encompasses the counties abutting the Catskill Mountains. Here are our...

Checklist.(The Tip Sheet)
December 3, 2007... Our top picks for the week Hear Gram Parsons with the Flying Burrito Brothers, "Live at the Avalon Ballroom, 1969." This two-CD, 27-song set includes rarities like the never-before heard live show when the band opened for the Grateful Dead...

Green Rewards.(The Tip Sheet; MONEY)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Byline: Linda Stern Federal tax credits for energy-efficient products like replacement windows and insulation run out on Dec. 31. Homeowners can take a 10 percent tax credit for the price of windows, doors, metal roofs and insulation, but...

Finding Your Stolen iPod.(Enterprise; BYTES)(Brief article)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Linda Stern Here's something new to consider loading onto your iPod: a program that will track the device and then report back with its whereabouts. Several technology companies are starting to sell, or give away, software that's...

Thinking Inside The Box.(Enterprise; Bytes)(summer home made of shipping containers)(Brief article)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Linda Stern There's nothing hoboesque about the Adriance family's 4,000-square-foot summer home in Maine. Except that it's built out of shipping containers -- the part of trucks used to transport goods across the oceans. Adam...

Launching The Next Generation.(Enterprise; My Turn)(high tech innovations for Potsdam and Stanford, the Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design)
December 10, 2007... The German cofounder of SAP has helped to create design institutes at two universities. He says education is the key to high-tech innovation. After German reunification, I was in Potsdam, in the former East, for the first time since my...

Avoiding A Tech Sunset.(Enterprise; Q&A WITH STEVEN LEVY)(Jonathan Schwartz)(Interview)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Steven Levy How do you turn around a legend? 'Courage.' Scott McNealy ran Sun Microsystems for 22 years and became as famous as that pioneering workstation company itself. We knew about his minus golf handicap, his loathing of...

Hooray For Bollywood.(Enterprise; Competition)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Jason Overdorf India's film industry has long been prolific and chaotic. Now, with modern business leaders, it's coming of age -- and taking aim at Hollywood, U.S.A. Ronnie Screwvala is the front runner in the race to become...

Suits For All Seasons.(Enterprise; Style)(handmade suits)
December 10, 2007... Top execs want tailors to come to them. In return, they'll buy scores of pinstripes at the same time. Last summer a large yacht appeared in the Bay of Naples. Onboard was a leading American industrialist. Shortly after it anchored, a...

Ah, The Secluded Life.(Enterprise; Luxury)(services for the superrich)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Emily Vencat And Ginanne Brownell; WITH BARRETT SHERIDAN The superrich are finding new ways to set themselves apart. It's not just clubs, resorts and Gulfstreams. Now there are private concerts, stores -- and islands. PRIVACY,...

You Called For Me, Sir?(Enterprise; Luxury)(need for butlers)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Mac Margolis Demand for butlers is booming. Anybody can drive a Rolls. But today's tycoon needs a household COO. Don't look for it in your local classifieds, but a new kind of help-wanted notice is rippling the labor market....

First-Class Airports! Guess Where?(Enterprise; DANIEL GROSS)(South Korea, Vietnam and Cambodia)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Daniel Gross In the developing world, urban life is a hieronymus Bosch-like vision of tangled traffic, crumbling infrastructure, overcrowding and crippling economic inefficiencies. The population of Vietnam is 85 million souls, of...

Selective Memories.(Bill Clinton, Karl Rove and the origin of the war against Iraq)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Michael Isikoff Master spinners Bill Clinton and Karl Rove try to rewrite the roles they played in the run-up to war. With the recent tapering off in U.S. casualties, the war in Iraq has receded -- for now -- as the dominant...

Conventional Wisdom Watch.(Periscope)(Brief article)
December 10, 2007... Broadway Bound Edition: As the hostage-taking at one of Hillary Clinton's offices in New Hampshire suggests, it's a thin line between calm and chaos. Annapolis-UP Better late than never: New Middle East talks spark a little hope. For now,...

A CW Look at Second-Tier Candidates.(Periscope)(Brief article)
December 10, 2007... Dawn of the also-rans Those guys standing next to Hillary and Rudy on TV aren't stagehands. So let's say hello, before it's time next month to say goodbye. J. Biden-UP He's funny, smart and really experienced. Just ask him if you have...

Coloring Outside the Lines.(Periscope; Religion)(sexual-abuse scandals, Roman Catholic Church, and the use of coloring books)(Brief article)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Jessica Bennett After years of humiliating sexual-abuse scandals, Roman Catholic Church officials are trying harder than ever to convince parishioners that they're doing everything they can to prevent such tragedies from happening...

The Search For Thugs.(Opinion)(investigation of Sean Taylor's death)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Raina Kelley Sean Taylor's death proved one thing. Young black men are stigmatized as gangstas, asking for trouble. There was a sad inevitability to the media coverage of NFL star Sean Taylor's murder last week in Miami --...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Giuliani.(The Last Word; Anna Quindlen)(Rudy Giuliani)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Anna Quindlen A mind is a terrible thing to change. That's why Rudy decided to double his base by turning himself into two candidates at once. I'm an ardent environmentalist, but I can deal if companies with long records of...

Is Photography Dead?(Arts)(The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Peter Plagens How is that even remotely possible? The medium certainly looks alive, well and, if anything, overpopulated. There are hordes of photographers out there, working with back-to-basics pinhole cameras and pixeled images...

Paintball Rembrandt.(Books)(Ralph Steadman)(Brief article)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Malcolm Jones Ralph Steadman, best known for his savage illustrations accompanying the writing of the late Hunter S. Thompson, is a man who thinks best with pen in hand. But what he thinks can go out of control in a hurry, as...

Do Real Friends Share Ads?(The Technologist; Steven Levy)(Facebook)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Steven Levy Who wants to broadcast the news that he's bought a can of Sprite? Who wants to see that on a Facebook News Feed? Facebook has never been shy about its ambitions. Its 23-year-old founder, Mark Zuckerberg, sees its...

From Ceo To Space Tourist.(Dennis Tito)(space travel services offered by company Space Adventure)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Charles Simonyi The software guru decided to see if he had the 'right stuff.' How does one decide to visit space? Until recently, no one had faced such a decision. Rare people with the "right stuff" could dedicate their lives...

Quick Read.(business literature)
December 10, 2007... Intellectual Property: The Tough New Realities That Could Make or Break Your Business By Paul Goldstein As economic power has shifted from those who make things to those who make ideas, the ability of a person or company to own and control...

Beyond Silicon Valley.(venture capital company Atomico's investments in foreign high-technology industries)
December 10, 2007... Investors looking for the next big things need to take a detour. New tech hubs are flourishing abroad. For more than a decade, Silicon Valley has been considered the epicenter of innovation. All the key elements of a tech revolution are...

How To Rise Above It All.(business helicopter travel)(Brief article)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Gavin Knight Top executives fed up with airport delays and traffic jams are fueling a boom in helicopter travel. Companies, such as London-based PremiAir and Europe-wide RotorMotion, charter their craft to businesses seeking to...

Some Special Hotel Treats.(Brief article)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Jesse Ellison Hotels are stepping up their amenities to woo guests. At the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, guests can book a private recording studio (www.palms.com). The InterContinental London Park Lane offers a pre holiday...

Capital Ideas.(family financial planning)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Linda Stern So, how are you doing? It used to be that you were OK if you earned the equivalent of your age in thousands, but success has become a lot costlier and more complicated since then. Here are some updated ways to measure...

Mail Call.(Letters)
December 10, 2007... A new kind of reading experience 'Books Aren't Dead': Readers of our cover story on going digital had serious reservations about Amazon's new e-reader, the Kindle. Many were underwhelmed. One said, "A printed book is great. When I'm done,...

The Editor's Desk.(The Editor's Desk)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Jon Meacham The story of the making of this week's cover story is a fairly common one at NEWSWEEK. There was careful planning for months -- and then, with the deadline approaching, we got excited about a new angle and quickly...

What's Next In Medicine.
December 10, 2007... The pace of change in medical science is breathtaking. Big breakthroughs, like last month's announcement about stem cells derived from genetically engineered adult skin cells, often seem like business as usual. Of course, the essential irony of...

Fat, Carbs and the Science of Conception.(Cover story)
December 10, 2007... In a groundbreaking new book, Harvard researchers look at the role of diet, exercise and weight control in fertility. Guarantee: you will be surprised. Every new life starts with two seemingly simple events. First, an active sperm burrows...

A Changing Portrait Of DNA.(genetic research findings)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Mary Carmichael Every day, it seems, scientists learn something new about how our genes work. The latest insights into the dazzling and complex machinery of life itself. Four years ago, a Duke University biologist named Randy...

Jogging Your Memory.(mental discipline in old age)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Anne Underwood You can push your aging brain to recall more facts and dates, scientists say, if you use a little muscle. Brad Williams, a 51-year-old radio anchor in La Crosse, Wis., used to joke that, if he ever married, he...

Say Hello To The Bugs In Your Gut.(obesity and intestinal microbiology)
December 10, 2007... Byline: Patrick J. Skerrett And W. Allan Walker, M.D. Your small and large intestines are home to countless microbes that some scientists think may play a major role in determining how fat or skinny you are. Whenever you eat, even if...

Cures For An Ailing System.(concerns with the health care system)
December 10, 2007... With health care emerging as a major issue in the 2008 presidential race, NEWSWEEK asked seven Harvard experts to identify specific problems that ought to be addressed, and the steps that should be taken to solve them. Ensure That Every...