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...Robert Atlas, chairman of the obstetrics and gynecology department at Baltimore's Mercy Hospital, says he has never encountered a case of superfetation during practice. He says such pregnancies occur when a woman continues ovulating after becoming pregnant and when that second, fertilized egg is able to implant itself in the lining of the womb - two things that wouldn't happen in a normal pregnancy. Typically, hormonal changes prevent further ovulation and thicken the lining of the uterus to preclude a second embryo from attaching. Why didn't that happen with Grovenburg? No one's really sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Can a Pregnant Woman Get Pregnant Again? | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

While the Internet has already made it difficult for subscription services like newspapers to compete, writers argue a similar transformation will occur with the university. Now that Harvard and other top universities are putting their content online, the argument goes, the physical university will become a relic. A high-quality classroom experience is open to anyone with a computer...

Author: By Ashin D. Shah, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Just’ Not Enough | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...went after it failed, and here’s what it brought instead,” writes Lethem of Manhattan. The narrative flow, dictated almost entirely by Chase—save for a few exceedingly emotive letters penned by his spacey fiancée and a few events that occur on the periphery of his story—is dimpled with beautifully concise and vivid encapsulations of the utterly mundane and the extraordinary alike.The letters Janice writes to Chase, for example, as the length of her space stay drives her slowly zanier, are worth falling in love over. The detailed...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lethem's Novel proves 'Chronic' | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...planned and designed it, and those who implemented it. If we are looking for a better world, we have to insure that these memories are not recreated and not take steps that will only add to those bitter memories of the best. We certainly hope this new shift will occur. We'd like to see a world filled with friendship and paternity, but at the end of the day everyone is free to make their own decisions, but baring the consequences. I wish you every success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

Additionally, Harvard still holds responsibility for connecting the Allston and Cambridge communities; Allston development cannot occur in a bubble. Harvard has already taken certain steps to ensure this. Members of the Allston educational portal were given free passes to Blodgett Pool this past summer, and Allston residents also receive discounted season tickets to Harvard football games. However, Harvard can continue to do more to open up our facilities and share our physical resources as well as our monetary ones...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Micro-Financing Allston | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

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