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What's more, any such effects of nurture (environment) on a species' nature (genes) were not supposed to happen so quickly. Charles Darwin, whose On the Origin of Species celebrated its 150th anniversary in November, taught us that evolutionary changes take place over many generations and through millions of years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

In contrast, Darwin argued that evolution works not through the fire of effort but through cold, impartial selection. By Darwinist thinking, giraffes got their long necks over millennia because genes for long necks had, very slowly, gained advantage. Darwin, who was 84 years younger than Lamarck, was the better scientist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

Warren has argued for the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which would regulate financial products like mortgages and credit cards to improve transparency and customers' understanding of their terms and conditions. She has envisioned the creation of an agency overseeing such financial products "for a long time," according...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bank Bailout Overseer, an HLS Professor, Named Bostonian of the Year | 1/5/2010 | See Source »

Defenders of Prop 8 say that laws reserving marriage for heterosexual couples don't discriminate against gays - instead they say they simply emphasize the meaning that the word marriage has had throughout history, a meaning they say wasn't seriously questioned until the past 10 years. "Save for a few...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gay-Marriage Lawsuit Dares to Make Its Case | 1/5/2010 | See Source »

The hype leading up to the game focused on the showdown between Crimson co-captain Jeremy Lin and the Redhawks’ Charles Garcia—two do-it-all stars making headlines on opposite coasts. But as the game unfolded, efforts from Lin’s supporting cast carried...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Sets Non-Conference Wins Record in Easy Victory | 1/3/2010 | See Source »

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