Interesting Articles: July 5-10 2005

* Explaining Differences in Twins. This article proposes that genomes change significantly over time within an individual. While the article is short on details, especially on whether they mean the DNA actually changes or whether the activation pattern does (the latter is obvious; the former is implied by the article, and is an intriguing proposal). (New York Times)
* Many articles on Teflon (all on the same page -- scroll down for more). All sorts of stuff, ranging from health effects, discovery/invention of, manufacturing, chefs' opinions, etc. (San Francisco Chronicle)
* I'm the Boss, and I Say No Lentils, on the eccentricities of chefs. (New York Times)
* Just a Minute, Boss. My Cellphone Is Ringing, on cell phone rules at work. (New York Times)
* Out With the Old Phone, in With the Cash, on places to sell/donate old phones. Posted here for future reference. (New York Times)
* Camera sees behind objects. i.e., neat image processing trickets can infer how objects not facing the camera appear. (Technology Research News)

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