- STARGAZER DENNIS MAMMANA
Look high in the east for Pleiades riding on a bull
We know that winter has definitely arrived when we gaze high in the east after dark and see the tiny shimmering star grouping known as the Pleiades – also called the Seven Sisters because stargazers with good eyesight can sometimes see seven stars in this place.
- Museums erase ancient DNA records
The DNA of prehistoric animals and people is being destroyed as a result of museums' handling and storage of fossils, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
- Questions answered
Why is it when you get scared, the hairs on your arms and legs stand up?
– Tommy Hendry, El Cajon
- A SCIENCE ALMANAC BY SCOTT LAFEE
Evan Snyder of the Burnham Institute talks about the potential of stem cell therapies for renewing aging bodies. UCSD-TV, tonight at 8.
Dr. Steven Edelman of UCSD and guests discuss new technologies for type 1 diabetics. UCSD-TV, Jan. 18, 9:30 p.m.
- Jewel almost got 'Real' before host gig with 'Nashville Star'
Singer-songwriter Jewel makes her debut as the host of USA Network's “Nashville Star” tonight, but it's not her first brush with the reality format.
Game effort by NBC to unseat CBS
CBS could say it was the most-watched network every week of the television season until last week.
- TV Tracker
- DEAR ABBY
Are you ready for parenthood? Answer these simple questions
I just finished reading your list of questions for “Are You Ready for Parenthood?” (12/6). Your advice was fine, if you were addressing a mature adult.
- MISS MANNERS JUDITH MARTIN
There's no introduction necessary
From the row in back of me on a flight I took yesterday, I overheard a man say, to the two young women sitting there, “Hi! My name's Frank, what are your names?” After a noticeable pause, the two women answered with their first names.
- HINTS FROM HELOISE
To one so astute, a poem in tribute
For you, on your visit to The Manhattan Mercury in Manhattan, Kan., from Helen Roser, ardent reader of two generations of Heloise:
Twinkle, twinkle, kitchen sink!
Like all my kitchen, you're in the pink.
- Key pre-pyramid, Egyptian ruins being restored
Before the great pyramids, ancient Egyptian kings left less grandiose monuments to themselves: fortresslike sanctuaries enclosed by mud-brick walls. Inside these mortuary complexes, people presumably gathered to worship and perpetuate the memory of their departed ruler.
- For the record
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