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...front doors and is equipped with coffee machines that dispense their bitter nectar to supplicants day, night, and that unclassifiable time in between. Your freshman year “multivariable calculus/linear algebra” class introduces you to the field of Smathematics. The four courses at this level correspond to the four kinds of people in the world: Math 21 is for those who will never be mathematicians, but need to be able to calculate some things. This is not really mathematics. Math 23 is for those who wish that they could be mathematicians, but aren’t eager...
...evolved to think that fertility and health are sexy. Sexual selection in a nutshell: If people did not think that attributes linked to these positive characteristics were attractive, the human race would have died out pretty quickly. For example, female fertility is indicated by curvier bodies, which correspond to higher estrogen levels and more advantageous fat distribution—curvier girls get pregnant easily and can have truckloads of children. So why is the fashion industry emphasizing this totally unprecedented aesthetic? When I look at the fashion-forward Europeans, all I see is disaster. Tight jeans on men make them...
...find out whether there are normal variations in the gene that codes for perilipin that affect a person's risk of becoming obese or developing diabetes. In a study conducted with Ordovas of 1,600 people in Valencia, Spain, Greenberg determined that some of the mutations do seem to correspond to a thinner physique and reduced glucose and triglyceride levels. But other variations in the same gene seem to predispose women to be heavier and have less healthy results in blood tests...
...faculty have to commit to doing this—this is not something where you can be half-hearted about it,” says Lue, who met every week with his Life Sciences 1a teaching partners for nine months to plan out their course. Backstage planning seems to correspond to more shared time in the lecture hall.Harvard College Professor and Professor of Psychology Marc D. Hauser, who team-taught Science B-29, “Evolution of Human Nature,” attended all lectures taught by Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology Richard W. Wrangham.“Over...
...Prints taken from digital cell phone cameras have time stamps, but can be altered, according to digital photography experts. Only the cameras themselves have true embedded time data to correspond with photos taken. "If the prosecutor can discredit that photo, or one photo, their meanings are all suspect," another lawyer in Durham says...