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...published online on Wednesday by the journal Nature, is the first to identify a novel hominin based on genetic analysis alone - without fossilized remains to offer anatomical reference. But the researchers stop short of declaring the human-like creature a brand-new species. Instead of giving it a Latin name, they refer to the creature publicly as "the Denisova hominin" and in internal e-mails and discussions simply as "X." But privately, scientists at Max Planck - a world leader in the painstaking process of separating genomes from other DNA (of viruses and bacteria, for instance) that typically contaminate fossils - believe...
...been in the middle of shopping week when the Ad Board, the College’s primary disciplinary body, delivered the news of her punishment for charges of academic dishonesty last fall. Anna—whose name has been changed to protect her identity—had to leave campus, hunt for a job, and find a new way to afford her prescription medication, which had previously been covered by the University...
...search sophomore Christine Reed’s name on YouTube, you’ll find the pole-vaulter and heptathlete jumping at a dizzying speed to Lil Wayne’s “A Milli.” Her concentration and confidence makes the sport seem effortless...
...Jesse is a New York guy too…so his name has been in my mind for a long time now,” O’Connor said. “As great of a wrestler as he is, he’s an unbelievable guy too…I’m so happy to even be mentioned next to Jesse...
...does a President even sign his name with so many pens? Does he print it? Does his signature come out looking disconnected and wobbly? What if he runs out of letters? "I've been practicing signing my name slowly," President Obama joked in January 2009 when he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - for which he used seven pens. President Kennedy had the process figured out: when he needed more letters, he wasted ink by spelling out his middle name and adding a flourish under his signature. (See Joe Biden's top 10 gaffes...