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...life may be at a significantly higher risk for obesity later on, according to a Harvard study published in the April issue of Pediatrics. These results imply that obesity can be rooted in the very early stages of life, according to Elsie M. Taveras, the study’s lead investigator and an assistant professor at the Medical School. “Some think, ‘oh, it’s just baby fat, it’s cute, it’ll go away,’” Taveras said. “Our results will...
...reason we started this study was that we received concerns from clinicians, housekeeping staff, and nurses about various cleaning agents,” said lead researcher Anila Bello, a research fellow in exposure and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. Some hospital workers had said that they had experienced exacerbated asthma symptoms, while others complained of skin irritation...
Asking questions at the IOP Forum can lead to national fame? Who knew...
Citing economic woes (this is getting kind of old...), our Cambridge neighbors announced they would be dropping some varsity sports, according to the MIT Tech, leaving Harvard in the lead for the (prestigious? sure, why not?) most varisty sports crown. Devastating news for the MIT Engineers. But at least the athletes have some warning, right...
...alienated vehicles for ourselves. The fear of posthumanity may seem a little exaggerated (haven’t humans always interacted, in some way, with the tools of their creation?), but for Codrescu it carries more serious implications. Inherent to logic and reason is the possibility that rational thinking will lead the unquestioning to disaster. Posthumanity means a loss of humanity, and without humanity, there’s little regard for other human (or posthuman) beings.For Codrescu, the possibility is more immediate than one might realize. World War II shadows Codrescu’s eccentric anecdotes. One entry, titled...