Author: Qiong Wang

  • Twenty-four visits to Stockholm: a concise history of the Rockefeller Nobel Prizes

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    Part VI: Fritz Albert Lipmann, 1953 Prize in Physiology or Medicine By Joseph Luna From Ra to Apollo to Huitzilopochtli, the ancients were onto something by worshipping the sun. Alongside water, no other entity was as important for the agricultural harvest or for predicting the seasonal movements of wind and life-giving rain. But the precise…

  • Culture Corner

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    Book Review: My Struggle Book 1, by Karl Ove Knausgaard By Bernie Langs For several months I had heard chatter about an extraordinary set of books written by an eccentric Norwegian chronicling his life in the minutest detail. There was even one nighttime commute home on New Jersey Transit where I sat and watched a…

  • What is Traditional Irish Soda Bread for $100, Alex?

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    By Aileen Marshall Saint Patrick’s Day is coming up and that means there will be sales for corned beef and cabbage and traditional Irish soda bread. I myself, of Irish decent, only became aware of Irish soda bread as a young adult. I went through several recipes given to me by friends and family, before…

  • New York State of Mind

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    This Month Natural Selections Interviews Denny Espinoza, Environmental Assistant, Laboratory Safety and Environmental Health. Interview by Melvin White How long have you been living in the New York area? I moved a lot before the age of 5, all within New Jersey. However our last move was to New York when I started kindergarten. Where…

  • Baby, It’s Cold Outside

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    By George Barany and Marcia Brott George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977). Marcia Brott is a human genome researcher by day, wordsmith by night. Both are currently at the University of Minnesota. For more about this specific puzzle, including a link to the answer, visit http://tinyurl.com/wonderlandpuz. More Barany and Friends crosswords are at http://tinyurl.com/gbpuzzle.

  • Life on a Roll

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    By Qiong Wang A year ago, I took a road-trip in Spain, a beautiful country with rich culture and cheerful people. Nerja, a pearl setting on the Mediterranean shoreline, is the one I chose to document first. Nerja is known by another charming name, “Balcony of Europe.” A piece of cliff taps into the Mediterranean.…

  • 2015: Chinese New Year of the Sheep

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    By Peng Kate Gao If I have to name one day of an entire year that I wish dearly to be with my family-on-the-other-side-of-the-planet, it’s the Chinese New Year. Also called Spring Festival, it is the most cherished and celebrated holiday in China, as families reunite to ring out the old year and celebrate the…

  • For Your Consideration – And They’re Off! Edition

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    By Jim Keller I maintain that the Oscar race can be likened to a horserace where each studio bets on its thoroughbreds and hopes that they can at least place at the end. The studio is the owner, the public relations department is the jockey, and the horse is the actor or film in the…

  • Selma – The Movie

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    By Susan Russo Ava DuVernay has made a movie, based on the true events depicting the 1965 marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, that still resonates today. With a cast led by David Oyelowo, a young British actor, playing the role of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this movie is a testament not only to…

  • Twenty-four visits to Stockholm: a concise history of the Rockefeller Nobel Prizes

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    Part V: Wendell M. Stanley, 1946 Prize in Chemistry By Joseph Luna In 1898, a Dutch botanist named Martinus Beijerinck faced a naming conundrum. He reproduced an experiment first performed six years earlier by Russian botanist Dmitri Ivanovsky, who found that a disease of tobacco plants causing a mosaic discoloration of their precious nicotine laced…

  • Roses are Red, Violets are Blue

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    By Aileen Marshall Valentine’s Day, also known as Saint Valentine’s Day, is celebrated on February 14. It is the day that couples customarily show their love for one another. People give their loved ones cards, flowers (usually roses), candy (usually chocolate), or a romantic dinner. If you are well off, you may get or receive…

  • Life on a Roll

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    By Qiong Wang Hong Kong is a world-famous metropolitan city setting amongst mountains and islands. The city runs like a high speed metro train, arriving and departing from one destination to the next, non-stop. The city is known for its vibrant finance and real estate business, expansive stunning skyline at Victoria harbor and delicious cultural…