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...next time you flick on a light switch, consider this: about one-fifth of the world's electricity is used for lighting, and most of it is squandered. Traditional ? incandescent light bulbs invented more than a century ago remain the norm, but they are horribly inefficient. Only about 5%-10% of the energy they consume is used to produce light, while the rest is burned off as useless heat...
Well into his fifth decade as one of the world's most popular and honored movie stars, Eastwood has lately sloughed off acting to concentrate on directing; Gran Torino is the ninth feature (including the documentary Piano Blues) that he's helmed since turning 70 in 2000. He doesn't do much work in front of the camera anymore, but what's there is choice. His last starring role, as the grizzled fight trainer in 2004's Million Dollar Baby, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, while the movie won for picture, actress (Hilary Swank), supporting actor...
...Certainly, we're concerned about where this money is going, but we really don't get involved in knowing where it is," said Lieutenant Nathan Christensen, spokesman for the U.S. Fifth Fleet. "What we are really after here is the root of the problem. Regardless of where the money goes, our feeling is that the problem of piracy is ashore, and to cut off the root of the problem, that's where it needs to be dealt with...
Psychology professor Steven Pinker addressed the role of language in studying human nature in front of a crowded room at Sherman Fairchild Hall yesterday evening. Pinker’s lecture, the fifth in an informal seminar series hosted by the Harvard Society for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (HSMBB), centered on issues discussed in his new book “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window.” Human nature, Pinker said, can be studied by looking at how language works in our everyday lives. “Humans are very, very touchy with their social relationships. When...
...time in England will contribute to that future,” Miller said. “Even if I hadn’t won the scholarship, the application process was really helpful.” The four winners marks an upsurge in scholarships over the past few years A fifth Harvard student won a Marhsall Scholarship but turned it down, instead opting to accept a Rhodes Scholarship. The Marshall Scholarship was founded in 1953 and was named in honor of U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who was the father of the Marshall plan that granted aid to post...