Find That Genius! Beijing Genomics Institute scientists are closing in on a technology to allow parents to choose, from several embryos, the one most likely to yield the smartest offspring. London’s Daily Mail (in January, referencing recent work in Wired, The Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker) explained that
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February 26, 2014 by justin
in News of the Weird
February 26, 2014 by justin
in Cover Story
2014 Best of Des Moines- EATS
For more than 20 years, we have called upon you, our readers, to vote in our annual “Best Of Des Moines” contest. And every year it gets stronger in every way: More categories are added, more networks are joined, and more social media buzz and excitement is stirred. So it’s
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February 26, 2014 by justin
in Cover Story
2014 Best of Des Moines- SHOPPING
For more than 20 years, we have called upon you, our readers, to vote in our annual “Best Of Des Moines” contest. And every year it gets stronger in every way: More categories are added, more networks are joined, and more social media buzz and excitement is stirred. So it’s
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February 26, 2014 by justin
in Cover Story
2014 Best of Des Moines- BEST OF THE REST
For more than 20 years, we have called upon you, our readers, to vote in our annual “Best Of Des Moines” contest. And every year it gets stronger in every way: More categories are added, more networks are joined, and more social media buzz and excitement is stirred. So it’s
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February 26, 2014 by justin
in Cover Story
2014 Best of Des Moines- SPORTS AND REC
For more than 20 years, we have called upon you, our readers, to vote in our annual “Best Of Des Moines” contest. And every year it gets stronger in every way: More categories are added, more networks are joined, and more social media buzz and excitement is stirred. So it’s
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February 26, 2014 by justin
in Cover Story
2014 Best of Des Moines- CULTURE AND NIGHTLIFE
For more than 20 years, we have called upon you, our readers, to vote in our annual “Best Of Des Moines” contest. And every year it gets stronger in every way: More categories are added, more networks are joined, and more social media buzz and excitement is stirred. So it’s
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February 20, 2014 by justin
in Iowa Watchdog
Sioux City using traffic cameras to fund police and fire pensions
DES MOINES, Iowa — Exactly what Sioux City’s automated traffic cameras have done to improve public safety is debatable, but the more than $1 million they’ve raised to fatten police and firefighter pensions isn’t. Now new regulations from the Iowa Department of Transportation curbing use of the cameras on state
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February 19, 2014 by justin
in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! WAKE UP CALL Police responded to a residence at the 1600 block of East Virginia Avenue just before 5 a.m. on Feb. 11. The victim there said she pressed the button to open the garage door and walked to the driver’s side of her
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February 19, 2014 by justin
in Belly Up To...
No RSVP needed — it’s not that kind of country club
At the Highland Park Country Club, the best seat in the house is one that probably won’t hold your weight. “We’re on our 34th year, and that’s probably been there for 25 of ’em,” said owner Gary Stone as he reluctantly lowered the tailgate from a 1970-ish Ford pick-up that
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February 19, 2014 by justin
in Center Stage
‘Our Town’ darkens Des Moines while raising the bar
I have a problem — a great problem for any theater critic: I have enjoyed a season of theater, which required no digging to find compliments. If the Des Moines metro has ever delivered a one-two punch as powerful as “True West,” at Tallgrass, and “Our Town,” at Repertory Theater
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