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...Also: I didn't want to waste one of my seven reasons on this, but the weather was a factor in the picture's success. Last weekend, for a spring change, it was nice out. People wanted to go to the movies, and 300 was waiting for them...
...According to Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies Sheila Jasanoff ’64, the uncertainty about what the future holds in store is a motivating factor behind the teaching of these theories. “We don’t know how fast these climate changes are going to happen,” she says. “The margin of uncertainty about any of these problems is great enough that we could be very badly surprised.” The fact that our lens into the future is cloudy provides an impetus to teach these ideas...
...Sometimes,” he says, “I got it wrong. There was one time we were talking about how much Christmas lights waste when they’re on and I got it wrong by a factor of two, and I had to admit and apologize for that...
...women with normal blood sugar levels to have babies with birth defects. In the recent study, which was conducted on mice, HMS associate professor Mary R. Loeken and her colleagues at the Joslin Diabetes Center identified the expression of the glucose transporter Glut2 early in embryonic development as a factor in this disparity. However, because Glut2 is necessary for the health of both embryo and mother, Loeken said that a treatment blocking Glut2 is not viable. It is standard medical knowledge that glucose transporter Glut2 moves glucose from blood to cells, allowing faster absorption, according to a press release from...
...psychiatric disease in hopes of discovering viable targets for drug therapy in millions of patients. The Stanley Institute had given the Broad Institute smaller grants for psychiatric research when Scolnick approached them for funding after joining the institute in 2004, and the organization cited him as an important factor in its decision. “The gift to the Broad Institute was catalyzed by the presence of Dr. Edward Scolnick,” the Stanley Institute’s Executive Director, Michael B. Knable, said in a statement. He could not be reached for an interview. Scolnick, a senior lecturer...