American Academy of Arts & Sciences Announces New Members Include Bezos, Corey, Gates

On October 6, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, “220 leaders in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, arts, business and public affairs,” newly elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2012 class of fellows, will be inducted to the Academy’s ranks.

And among them will be local heroes Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Dr. Larry Corey, and the Gates Foundation’s Melinda Gates. Continue reading American Academy of Arts & Sciences Announces New Members Include Bezos, Corey, Gates

Health, News, Science

Hutch Studies: “No strong evidence that multivitamins decrease your cancer risk”

You remember that little disclaimer you see a lot on bottles: “This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA”? That’s thanks to legislation that President Clinton signed into law in 1994, allowing companies to market supplements on their recognizance, as it were. When it comes to mixing up existing, approved ingredients, anything goes, and pretty much any claim goes, so long as that little statement is appended. Continue reading Hutch Studies: “No strong evidence that multivitamins decrease your cancer risk”

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Hope Notes: Michael Pineda Debuts for Mariners

Interesting to compare Pineda’s first start with Felix Hernandez’ six years ago. Like Pineda, Hernandez pitched well enough to win, but was sabotaged by a substandard offense. The Mariners had a small rally going in the 7th inning–down one run, bases loaded with one out–when “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” came on the Comet iPod queue. We didn’t get what we wanted: Chone Figgins blooped softly to short and Milton Bradley lined out. Continue reading Hope Notes: Michael Pineda Debuts for Mariners