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Thirty years is a blink in the life of a vineyard. In some aspects, these wineries are still finding their footing, looking for ways to distinguish themselves and earn praise from the finicky wine establishment. But they have preserved the near extinct agricultural heritage of Long Island and given residents and visitors alike something to drink...
With Daniel Patrick Moynihan's death, Washington lost another member of an all but extinct breed: the politician as unapologetic intellectual. The former New York Senator, who died Wednesday at 76 from complications arising from a burst appendix, was known for his sharp wit and his nimble mind. He was also known for his refusal to toe to the party line. As such, he was occasionally a thorn in the side of both parties, frustrating liberals and conservatives alike. He defied easy categorization, and brought an academic sensibility to a town better known for its sensationalism...
...have in a collection is millions of dead animals, preserved for longterm use,” Hanken says. “These collections were made before molecular biology was born. The techniques of molecular biology allow us to go back to preserved specimens and pull out DNA from extinct organisms and endangered species...
...after the Brit jargon for toilet), because, said Watson with a triumphant grin, they were sure that?s where it would wind up. Predictions from the Future of Life conference for the year 2010: By then we?ll have sequenced the complete tree of life, possibly even breeds long extinct, including the common ancestor of humans and chimps. My ambition would be to shake hands with Lucy. ?Author Richard Dawkins, Oxford University Medicine will become thoroughly personalized. For under $1,000 we will be able to get our entire genome sequenced in only half an hour. Doctors will be able...
...Five-Year Overview of the Office of Race Relations & Minority Affairs” was written by Hilda Hernandez-Gravelle, one of Avery’s predecessors. The report noted that in the late 1980s and early 1990s, through the Office of Race Relations & Minority Affairs (ORRMA), an extinct structure similar to the RCD Initiative also headed by Hernandez-Gravelle, Harvard dared to be a pioneer in race relations by addressing “the reasons why people did not naturally come together.” However, within a year of Hernandez-Gravelle’s 1992 departure, the office?...