[Mb-civic] Age-Old Questions Continue to Entice Scientists - Washington Post

Mon Jul 4 07:45:40 PDT 2005

Age-Old Questions Continue to Entice Scientists

By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 4, 2005; Page A09

There is something refreshing about scientists confessing their 
ignorance. Day after day, in research journals and at international 
meetings, they strut, cluck and boast about the latest enigma they've 
wrestled to the ground. The entire human genome mapped! The farthest 
star plotted! The mating habits of dinosaurs inferred from fossilized 
eggs! Ordinary folks can be excused for------------- next part --------------
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