Like millions of Harry Potter fans, Katherine Moss can’t wait to get her fingers on a copy of the sixth entry in JK Rowling’s best-selling series. And for once, the 16-year-old blind student won’t have to wait weeks longer than her sighted friends to dive into Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Tobacco companies did elaborate research on women to figure out how to hook them on smoking — even toying with the idea of chocolate-flavoured cigarettes that would curb appetite, according to a new analysis. Carrie Carpenter, the study’s lead author, said the companies’ research went far beyond a marketing or advertising campaign.
Attention, time travellers: Amal Dorai hopes you enjoyed the party he’s throwing this weekend. Dorai, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is hosting a time-traveller convention on campus this Saturday. Make plans now, because it’s the last such party. "You only need one," he said.
