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...from Foursquare, an increasingly popular location-based social network that is based on a game-like premise. Players use smart phones or laptops to "check in" to a location, recording their position on a map for friends using the service to see. The more often you check in, the better your chances of being declared the mayor of a particular location, be it a restaurant, bar, office or even your own home. (See the 50 best websites...
...researchers told The Crimson yesterday that the gene DAB2IP has the potential to serve as a better marker for doctors to predict prostate cancer’s progression, which could translate into more appropriate treatments...
Philip H. Gordon, the U.S. assistant secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, said in a lecture at the Harvard Kennedy School yesterday that Eastern Europe needs to be better integrated into NATO and the European Union in order to achieve regional stability...
Mount soon started drop-in hours to better accommodate students who did not want to wait for an appointment, Saunders says. But Mount has focused most on clarifying to students the necessary steps to reach different careers—a practice Mount says she has learned from working with banks and consulting firms...
...comedic turn of phrase may have distracted from a serious point: under current laws, assisted suicide is really only an option for the better-off, who can afford to pay the travel costs and Dignitas fees. Helping someone die remains illegal in England and Wales. Kay Gilderdale was prosecuted for assisting in the 2008 suicide of her daughter, who suffered from chronic fatigue and had previously tried to kill herself. Gilderdale was given a conditional discharge last month, in a verdict that reflected unease over whether the current law provides justice...