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Former California attorney general Dan Lungren was pounded by audience hisses and two ideological opponents last night at an Institute of Politics panel on prison reform and sentencing...
Geneticists worldwide took part in a celebration last week that was sure to rival any millennium bash, complete with the pop of the champagne, toasts to the past and the proclamation of resolutions for the coming years. To outsiders, it may have seemed that the labcoat-clad revelers had somehow confused the first of December with the first of January. But for those in the scientific community, there seemed a no more appropriate time to recognize the possibility that the elusive "promise" of the future might be tenable after...
Both the festivity and the pervading spirit of optimism could be traced to an declaration last Wednesday that researchers working on the Human Genome Project had successfully decoded an entire human chromosome--an incredible milestone for the field of genetics and for science in general. For those unfamiliar with the history behind the announcement, the Human Genome Project is a public initiative that was started in 1990 and that involves a consortium of universities from around the world (it is financed in the United States by the National Institutes of Health). The ultimate goal is to map each and every...
Facing some of the nation's top wrestlers--including ten teams ranked in the top 25 and many of last year's NCAA contenders--the Crimson finished in the middle of the pack at thirteenth. Though unable to match last year's ninth place performance, the weekend was highlighted by several individual performances that landed three Harvard wrestlers a second, third, and seventh place finish...
With a total of 170 points, Oklahoma State, ranked No. 6, won the prestigious tournament. It captured the title from last year's champ, No. 5 Illinois who took second with 142 points. No. 3 Minnesota placed third with 123 points...