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...skraelings (loosely, wretches) while ignoring the fact that those wretches nimbly harvested calorie-rich seals and whales using their technologically sophisticated kayaks. And amazingly, although the fjords and lakes of Greenland are crammed with scrumptious haddock, cod, trout and char, it never occurred to the Norse to go fishing, even as they starved and froze to death. They apparently considered fish taboo and beneath their dignity...
...like to start thinking about biology and we have started thinking about how fish swim, how cells might move in particular ways, how speech works—how we are able to form consonants by driving air through the vocal folds and out of the mouth,” he said. “If there was a theme, the theme is really trying to look at robust phenomena in our daily world...
...number of competing schools alone precluded a dual meet, but even so, Harvard was not looking for stiff competition. Rather, Crimson coach Dave Fish ’72 indicated that he wanted his players to experiment, relax, recharge—and most of all, he wanted to give all 11 of his traveling players some valuable match experience...
...eating fish good for your brain? That may depend on how the fish is prepared. According to a 12-year study of nearly 5,000 men and women over the age of 65, eating five or more servings each month of tuna or other baked or broiled fish decreases the risk of stroke 28%. But those protective benefits disappeared when the fish was fried. Eating at least one serving of fried fish or a fish burger each week led to a 37% increase in stroke risk, which grew with each additional serving. Frying seems to alter the ratio of good...
Hopkins says that her passion for research—she has worked on cancer and now investigates the developmental genes in zebra fish and their similarities to human genes—prevented her from realizing that she faced discrimination within her field...