Arranging to see a film depicting a World War II battle with a veteran of that battle and several more does not necessarily mean a shared aesthetic experience. That’s what I discovered last week after synchronizing my viewing of “The Thin Red Line” with a former navy officer who took part in the invasion of Guadalcanal.
Category Archives: Aging
Strom und Drang
Strom Thurmond gives me problems. These problems came to a head last week as the senior senator from South Carolina took on a highly visible national role. Serving as President pro Tempore of the United States Senate, he opened the proceedings of the impeachment trial of President Clinton.
A Scientist Speaks
Among researchers in the biology of aging, Leonard Hayflick has a big reputation. So well known is he in such circles that his name has been given to the limits by which human cells can multiply. Only around 50 times, he discovered decades ago, can such multiplication occur, the so-called “Hayflick limit.” (Some other research, newly reported, suggests that this limit can be overcome.)