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...local fauna over millions of years, Archer began to grasp its predictive power. Riversleigh, he says, has changed ideas about which creatures should be seen as endangered. Here, the news is good, bad . . . and dire. The koala, for example, appears safer than conservationists had imagined. Its population and habitat have shrunk in the two centuries since European settlement. "But when we go back into the deep time," says Archer, "what we find is that 23 million years ago, koalas were incredibly rare." Of the 30,000 fossils extracted from Riversleigh, just six represent koalas. "They're the Rolls Royce...
...What's the most common query for the two-month-old service? "'What is the meaning of life?' is quite high up,'' says Myers. He adds that pubs are a natural habitat for AQA users-much as they have been for Shazam, the popular two-year-old service that identifies the names and artists of songs. AQA has given rise to what Myers calls "ego texting,'' in which twentysomethings "look for fame" by showing off to their friends that AQA knows something about them. People can also check practical information such as train schedules and event listings, but AQA will...
...South Africa, Australia and either France or Germany early next year, followed by other countries including the U.S. What's the most common query for the two-month-old service? "'What is the meaning of life?' is quite high up,'' says Myers. He adds that pubs are a natural habitat for AQA users - much as they have been for Shazam, the popular two-year-old service that identifies the names and artists of songs. AQA has given rise to what Myers calls "ego texting," in which twentysomethings "look for fame" by showing off to their friends that AQA knows something...
...think Houses sometimes struggle with the desire to do a House-based public service project while realizing that there are numerous, ongoing public service groups on campus,” Corbin says. “This partnership between Lowell House and Harvard Habitat seems to me to be a good model of how Houses can become involved in a project that supports an ongoing effort...
...Thomas says that Harvard Habitat would like to see Lowell organizers’ excitement spill over to the other Houses...