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Scientists working on $330,000 test-tube-meat burger
Would you eat mystery meat grown in a lab if doing so was better for the environment? The debate may seem abstract, but scientists could turn a test-tube burger into reality by October.
The $330,000 project being conducted by Mark Post, chairman of...Tags: Hamburgers, Science and Technology, Foods and Beverages, Michelin Group, Tyson Foods Incorporated
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Zeo Sleep Manager, SleepTracker try to wake you when it's best
"If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters," a wise, unnamed observer of the human condition once opined. (Some credit Garfield the cat.) Failing that, we could all sleep with gadgets that monitor our sleep and wake us at the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Sleep Disorders, Science, University of California, Los Angeles
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Daum: Save the nation — buy now
Remember the famous Stanford marshmallow study of 1972? It asked children at a campus nursery school to choose between eating a marshmallow (or a cookie or a pretzel, depending on their preference) right away or waiting while the researcher stepped out of...Tags: Warren Buffett, Marshmallows, Donald Trump, Economy, Business and Finance
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Donald P. Kennedy dies at 93; led growth of First American title firm
First American Financial Corp. was known as Orange County Title Co. and had only one office when Donald P. Kennedy, fresh out of law school, joined the family firm in 1948.
When Kennedy began leading its expansion beyond the county lines in 1957, the...Tags: Real Estate, Housing Industry, Insurance, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Crime, Law and Justice
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9/11 spawned big changes on campus
A few weeks ago, 24-year-old Amanda Stirrat completed her master's degree in public health at Purdue University. Most of her peers struggled to find work. As for Stirrat?
"The job market seemed easy," she said with a shrug.
She credited her studies in...Tags: Defense, Politics, Agriculture, Companies and Corporations, University of Southern California
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Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945-1980
Sometimes we seem to know less about the early years of post-World War II art in Los Angeles than we know about the Pleistocene Age mammals dredged up from the La Brea Tar Pits. In the last 30 years, L.A. pushed to the front ranks of international...Tags: Edward Ruscha, Natural Resources, Richard Diebenkorn, Forests, The Getty
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Pamela Ann Rymer dies at 70; judge on U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Pamela Ann Rymer, who filled the seat vacated by Judge Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in 1989 after he was named to the U.S. Supreme Court and who was highly respected for her sharp legal mind, productivity and dedication,...Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Lawyers, Judges, George H.W. Bush, Awards and Prizes
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Jacob E. Goldman dies at 90; creator of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center
Jacob E. Goldman, the former Xerox chief scientist who created the company's famed Palo Alto Research Center, whose scientists and engineers invented the modern personal computer in the 1970s and developed an array of other pioneering computing...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Applied Physics, Companies and Corporations, Ford Motor Co., Computer Science
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Anita Caspary dies at 95; 'rebel nun' founded Immaculate Heart Community
During a showdown with the Catholic Church in the late 1960s, Anita Caspary and the Los Angeles order she led, the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, were cast as "rebel nuns" for progressive reforms that included abandoning the nun's habit and...Tags: Career and Workplace, Religion and Belief, University of Southern California, Christianity, Literature
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