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...decidedly strange creature, or so our society seems to believe.But scientists would not agree with the public’s estimation, and they would be right not to: Our society’s conception of the scientist is warped beyond any resemblance to reality. Sitting at a lab bench in Boston, on the gray cusp between layperson and scientist, I’ve had a rare opportunity to see scientists from within as well as without. This past January, BBC.com ran a story headlined “Science ‘not for normal people...
...CHARLES RIVER—My favorite short story from my favorite author takes place on a bench on the Charles’ shore. I sought to experience summer genuinely. Sitting on a—the—bench, I took a break from editing others’ words. The tale is by and about literary legend Jorge Luis Borges. Sitting in Cambridge, Borges encounters a younger version of himself who imagines he has stumbled upon the Rhône’s shore in Geneva. He then recalls Greek philosopher Heraclitus explaining how constant change makes it impossible to bathe...
...they aren't divorcing because she can bench-press more than he can. CHAD LOWE and HILARY SWANK'S eight-year marriage ended, in part, because of a substance-abuse problem that Lowe has since kicked, Swank tells Vanity Fair in its August issue. "It was such a shock because I never thought he'd keep something from me," the Million Dollar Baby star said. And yet "it was a confirmation of something I was feeling that was keeping us from being completely solid." Lowe, a TV actor who is directing a film called Beautiful Ohio, had no comment...
...three-game series against the Canadian U-22 team in Ottawa between August 23 and 27. The U-22 squad will likely be a collegiate all-star team, comprising the nation’s top young talents with whom Stone has acquainted herself while manning the bench at Bright Arena. And two players who skate in Crimson colors for Stone—rising senior Jennifer E. Sifers and rising junior Caitlin Cahow—are expected to make the USA cut. Stone, who just finished her 12th season at the helm for the Crimson, brings an impressive resume into...
...have to spend time together.”After graduating from the Law School, Roberts rose rapidly to the top of the legal world—he is now the youngest chief justice since the early 19th century. Now, as the end of his first term on the bench draws near, Roberts has already put his mark on the Supreme Court—and his alma mater.—Sraff writer Adam M. Guren can be reached at guren@fas.harvard.edu...