Duke MagazineFeature articles from Duke University's bimonthly alumni magazineSon of Einstein: MAD Magazine Meets Smithsonian- September 15, 2004 The invention of a group of recent graduates, mental_floss magazine combines marketing savvy and a passion for wanting to "know a little bit about almost everything", by Blake Dickinsonhttp://dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/091004/son1.html Root Cause: Arabidopsis thaliana- September 15, 2004 With his research on a modest mustard plant, Duke biologist Philip Benfey is working through the complex puzzle of how entire tissues grow from a single cell, by Dennis Meredithhttp://dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/091004/root1.html Lights, Camera, Magic: Computer graphics Ed Kramer- September 15, 2004 A Hollywood success story, computer-graphics expert Ed Kramer builds walls of water and werewolf fur out of hundreds of millions of pixels, by Sally Parkerhttp://dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/091004/light1.html The Skinny on the Low-Carb Craze: Diet and Fitness in America- September 15, 2004 Drop low-fat diets Put the kibosh on fruit and grains Health experts at Duke weigh the health benefits against the potential risks, by Kim McDonaldhttp://dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/091004/carb1.html |