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42 stories in August, 2009
Outcomes matter more than intention when choosing to punish or reward individuals who’ve caused accidents, according to new research from Harvard University.
E.O. Wilson And Will Wright: Ant Lovers Unite!
Ants make some people cringe — but for E. O. Wilson and Will Wright, they provide never-ending fascination.
Laure Lebret, researcher, orthodontics teacher
In an era when few dentists were women and even fewer specialized in orthodontics, French-born Laure Lebret became well known in the field as a researcher and practitioner.
Holy cow! Bovine to visit Harvard Yard
“I’m reclaiming a tradition that almost got lost,’’ [Harvey Cox] said last week on the porch of his summer house in Woods Hole. “Why can’t we have cows grazing in Harvard Yard?"
Wiggling Their Toes at the Shoe Giants
Todd Byers was among more than 20,000 people running the San Francisco Marathon last month. Dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, he might have blended in with the other runners, except for one glaring difference: he was barefoot.
Harvard’s DASH for open access
Harvard took a DASH toward opening access to its scholarship. DASH — Digital Access to Scholarship — is an open-access repository of scholarly works administered by the University Library.
Town halls, without the screaming or scripting
The chaos at town-hall meetings this month was just a vivid symptom of an older and much larger problem. Even at the outset of American democracy, the framers and average citizens alike were concerned about communication between elected officials and their constituents.
Beyond the Biopsy: A Tiny Monitor for Cancer
Doctors doing a needle biopsy to analyze tissue for cancer may one day add a second step to the procedure: depositing a tiny device at the site to report on growth of a tumor — and even the effects of chemotherapy.
Examining the roots of family tree
“The Human Family Tree,’’ airing tomorrow on National Geographic Channel, tells us when, where, and how humanity spread from Africa across the globe.
Sigmund Freud arrived in Hoboken, N.J., 100 years ago today on his first and only visit to the United States.
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