Word: methods
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Some of the intentions of FemSex appear perfectly reasonable—to be sure, women should be aware of their sexuality—but the course overindulges in hyperbole. It descends into sensationalism, overestimating the oppression of modern female sexuality. What’s more, its method of ensuring sexual liberation is tiresome...
Researchers at the Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a new method of screening tumors for key cancer-related gene abnormalities. The finding, published in an advanced online edition of the scientific journal Nature Genetics, is a major step towards the development of personalized cancer treatments. Different patterns of gene expression are associated with different types of cancers, but identifying the various mutations that contribute to each kind of cancer is a laborious and costly process. “Millions and millions of dollars are spent just to recognize mutations in a few cancers when ideally, you would...
...social studies concentrator in Adams House. Appearing on alternate Wednesdays, his column will look at the unruly intersection of capitalism, politics, and culture, sometimes showing why Harvard students may have more (or less) control over the three spheres than they necessarily would like. "Scientific Method": Matthew S. Meisel ’07, a chemistry concentrator in Currier House and former editorial chair, hopes he doesn’t need to convince you that global warming is real, despite today’s snowfall. His column will run on alternate Fridays and will demystify the science news of the moment...
...Freudian tale of a man acting as his own psychoanalyst, plumbing the past to unearth some terrible secret, which he then tries to exorcise - all right, by becoming a serial killer. That's a twist, though hardly a surprise to the people seeing this movie. Nor will Hannibal's method stir the shock of the new in moviegoers. He simply becomes the hero of a standard revenge plot...
...took him from the depths of Spanish colonial history to the expansive uplands of the modern Dominican Republic. Wilson island hops in the South Pacific, ferries out from the Florida Keys toward the Gulf of Mexico, and celebrates the remarkable recovery of the Mauritian kestrel. There is a subtle method to Wilson’s reminisces; his musings on the mandibles of the Thaumatomyrmex (Greek, he explains, for “wonderful ant”) are not without purpose. Only when the wonder of each species and ecosystem is understood, Wilson suggests, will humans cease to dominate and instead begin...