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...model of conservation is so smart, why did it take bonobos to push us there? There's no denying that human beings are powerfully drawn to other high primates--and to bonobos perhaps most of all. Depending on which lab report you use, bonobos vie with chimpanzees for the title of man's closest relative, with a 98.4%-to-98.6% DNA match. As a result, says Coxe, understanding the bonobo is "fundamental to our understanding of ourselves...
...gift also represents a substantial boon for Tufts, which, like Lesley, will funnel the gift into its endowment and use the revenue for a number of programs, including financial aid. The university is also undergoing a capital campaign and plans to develop a new interdisciplinary research lab, which will be named for Doble, that would bring biologists and engineers together, according to Tufts spokeswoman Kim M. Thurler. “This is the largest gift that we have received,” Thurler said, noting that Doble had “a close relationship with the university?...
Enzymes are complex proteins that catalyze specific chemical reactions. As an enzymologist by training, Jeremy R. Knowles was one of the world’s greatest experts on these reactions, but even outside the lab, as an administrator, Knowles had a knack for catalyzing change...
While Knowles made his career as a chemist, he was at home in academic disciplines far from the lab...
...experiment, conducted at Harvard Business School’s Computer Lab for Experimental Research, a participant played multiple rounds of the Prisoner’s Dilemma with each of his or her partners. Points were tallied over the course of an hour to determine the relative success of each participant’s strategies...