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---Science---
An article in Lingua Franca reports on the new controversy
over the long-unquestioned legal validity of
fingerprint-matching evidence.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35058
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New Scientist features an interview with a prominent
biotechnologist about the future of genetically modified
agriculture.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35007
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=35007
---Society & World Politics---
A Weekly Standard article chronicles the largely unreported
rash of anti-Semitic violence in France in the past few
weeks.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35456
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=35456
An Education Week article examines the "coexistence
education" programs taking place for some Arab and Israeli
children in Israel.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35570
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---U.S. Politics---
A Salon article implores the press to stop focusing on
"undecided" voters -- and start trying to get informed
people with opinions energized to vote.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35127
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A New Republic article complains about the anti-intellectual
strategy conservatives are using to label Gore not "manly"
enough to be president.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35202
---Computers & Technology---
Photography magazine Wildlight has an explanation of the
different types of high-end scanners and scanning technology
available.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35026
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An Asiaweek reporter tours a working prototype of a
next-generation ultra-wired apartment in Singapore.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35316
Forbes reports on the efforts to engineer an all-optical
network switch to speed data transmission over fiber-optic
networks.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=34900
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Remember when the Internet was supposed to make physical
location irrelevant? As an Industry Standard article shows,
almost no one still believes it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35495
---Education---
According to an Education Week article, studies reporting
voucher success are inconsistent and have been reported in
misleading ways by voucher proponents.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35470
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In American Prospect, Robert Reich outlines a plan to get
more money to the poorer kids and poorer schools that need
it most.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=34997
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A Forbes article shows how the textbook selection process in
the United States leads to selections with nice packaging
but poor content.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=34935
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---Stocks & Financial Planning---
When planning for retirement, how much money should you put
into stocks? Forbes outlines some considerations.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=34886
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Individual Investor profiles a new contest that rewards
successful stock-pickers with the chance to manage a real
mutual fund.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35350
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Forbes reports on state-sponsored college tuition savings
plans, or "529 plans."
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=34889
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=34889
---Business---
Far Eastern Economic Review reports on the furious scramble
as air freight companies vie for the Asian market.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35183
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=35183
TIME looks at the phenomenon of open-concept workspaces, the
problems they cause, and the industry that has sprouted up
to solve those problems.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35387
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=35387
An Industry Standard article examines the cutthroat
deal-making team and tactics behind AOL's portal business.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35605
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=35605
---Health, Illness, & Elective Surgery---
As TIME reports, girls seem to be going through puberty
earlier and earlier, a phenomenon that is baffling
scientists.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35582
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=35582
An article in Technology Review uses the example of the
cell-phone-brain-tumor scare to show how science always
loses out to fear.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35639
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A TIME article looks at the recent outbreak of the Ebola
virus in Uganda.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35652
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An FDA Consumer article advises those who might be inclined
to opt for liposuction to be well versed in both the
procedure and its potential complications.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=35190
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