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To illustrate the universality of certain moral intuitions, Hauser presented two hypothetical options for saving a group of seven people in a closed room—pressing a button to divert poisonous gas from the room or pushing a person into a ventilation shaft to stop the gas from reaching...

Author: By Adam T. Horn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professor Rethinks Origins of Religion | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

March-July 2004: The NHTSA conducts what would be the first of many defect investigations regarding speed-control problems, all of which would lead to the current furor (partially about Toyota and the NHTSA's neglecting to pay attention to the abnormal number of investigations). The first three investigations primarily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toyota's Safety Problems: A Checkered History | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

"One, two, three--Chávez, you struck out!" protesters chanted as they took to the streets in several Venezuelan cities after authorities closed six TV stations that refused to air a speech by President Hugo Chávez, as required by law. Two students were killed in clashes among protesters, Ch?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

Unfortunately, the U.S. embassy in Cairo let politics get ahead of academic inquiry. I tried to enter the Gaza Strip to conduct my research in December and January. Egypt’s border with Gaza is normally closed, but Egypt does have a mechanism for allowing foreigners into the Strip...

Author: By Feroze Y. Sidhwa | Title: Stifling Studies | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

Penn’s Harrison Cook opened the bout aggressively, attacking Caputo’s legs and bringing him to the ground, but it was the Harvard competitor who wound up on top, earning two points with his quick feet. From that point Caputo did not relent. The grappler forced...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Injury-Depleted Lineup Can’t Hang with Ivy Foes | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

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