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...cloning from Melton, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, earlier this year (Molecular and Cellular Biology 125, “Stem Cells and Cloning”), I can attest to his careful and thoughtful contemplation of the matter. In fact, the course’s abstract in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Courses of Instruction specifically states that “ethical and political considerations will not be ignored.” Indeed, in lieu of lecture one day, there was an hour-and-a-half-long discussion about the moral and ethical implications...
...warned against defining threats in theological terms that draw upon popular fears of an abstract evil...
...Grand Canyon—a satellite photograph with roads and cities superimposed in enhanced colors. It would be completely useless as a navigational tool, but it’s really nice to look at. I guess it’s a cross between abstract and conceptual...
Rubin’s theoretical approach to statistics is unique in its rejection of the abstract. “I like working on theory and conceptual developments in statistics and I like seeing those ideas applied to actual problems,” Rubin says...
While some professors are enacting change in an abstract, cerebral sense, at least one Harvard academic is getting his hands dirty in the real world. Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics Richard Wilson is applying his research in the field of radiating and ionizing particles to the environmental problems of disaster-ridden countries such as Bangladesh and Chernobyl...