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...certainly crucial to the global food chain, but as Nadler says, it's hard to know what would happen to the larger environment if a few lemur species on Madagascar died off tomorrow - and it's a question that scientists have been working for decades to avoid having to answer. In the last 50 years, only a few primates have been lost to extinction, but some worry the worst is yet to come. "The great fear is that we've been holding back the tide," says Dr. Richard Wrangham, president of the International Primatological Society, one of the report...
...Life expectancy soared, quality of life improved, and democracy spread. But why was the twentieth century also the bloodiest? According to Ferguson, who spoke to a crowd of 20 students at Hilles as part of the “Coffee with a View” series yesterday afternoon, the answer lies partly in that very progress. In a talk entitled, “The War of the World,” Ferguson argued that the major ingredients for world war continue to loom today. Ferguson said that economic volatility, ethnic disintegration, and empires in decline— what he called...
...mixture of students, alumni, and band members, and you’ll find families in attendance with their hockey-obsessed children. Have you ever asked yourself what happens to those little kids in the stands waving Harvard pennants that usually only come out for Harvard-Yale? Well, the answer might surprise you. They grow up to cover men’s hockey for The Crimson, and yes, they even manage to get a column out of it.I already know what you’re wondering, provided that you care about college hockey or have lived in New England...
Five Harvard students wearing masks and three hooded non-Harvard affiliates with signs confronted the neoconservative, two-term Pennsylvania senator, interfering with his responses during the question and answer period after the lecture...
...Peer Advising program might be focused around disciplines—each Peer Advising Fellow would be regularly available to advise first-year students (even those outside their assigned entryway) on his or her concentration. These specialty advisors would be far better positioned than a general academic advisor to answer questions about specific courses in the various fields of study a first-year student may be considering. Harvard is a big and bewildering place. Over 3,000 courses are offered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. There are over 40 concentrations. One can cross-register at other schools within Harvard...