Special Columns

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  The Brave New World of Organoids

  January 22, 2020 0

  Bio Bites By R. Gary Raham A biologist-artist’s ruminations about our roles in a science-inspired world One of the big scientific news stories of 2019 involved the use of organoids to help fight disease, and [...]

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  Publisher’s Letter: News That’s News to You!

  January 20, 2020 0

  Algorithms — amazing what they can do! So you went searching for a new pair of Dan Post boots. You found them and perhaps at a great deal. But what happens in your “real life” [...]

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  Age is No Barrier

  January 18, 2020 0

  by Libby James At age 71, the marathon was Kellogg’s first, achieved after a long training period that included setbacks resulting from injuries and the development of an attitude that allowed her to run her [...]

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  Publishers Letter: “PERENNIALS” — NOT PLANTS — ELDERS!

  January 13, 2020 0

  Back in the 1960’s some Boomer coined the phrase: “Don’t trust anyone over 30.” Impractical though it was, it caught on especially with the media that overtly began portraying older people as inept and decrepit. [...]

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  Run for your mind

  January 10, 2020 0

  Bio Bites By R. Gary Raham A biologist-artist’s ruminations about our roles in a science-inspired world Scientists used to think that humans were born with a lifetime supply of brain neurons. Then, in the 90s, [...]

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  Publisher’s Letter: BOY POWER!

  January 8, 2020 Comments Off on Publisher’s Letter: BOY POWER!

  I bet that got your attention! Since I’ve owned this newspaper and its sister publication New SCENE Magazine, we’ve published many good stories about women — athletes, artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, nonprofit professionals, and women in government. [...]

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  Come to Africa with Me

  January 8, 2020 Comments Off on Come to Africa with Me

  A few years ago, I was invited by my daughter and her family to spend some time with them in Mozambique, a country on the east coast of Africa where they had been living for [...]