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...country's membership. The current economic downturn is another factor, making the E.U. reluctant to take on another country struggling under recession. "The economic crisis has certainly made things worse in Europe," says Sevket Pamuk, professor of Turkish Studies at the London School of Economics. "For membership to occur, Turkey needs to change, but the current political mood in Europe needs to change as well." (Watch a TIME video on an unconventional Muslim minority in Turkey...
...country spreading his message: that the creation of green jobs could revitalize America's eroding blue-collar class. I can't judge if some of his past statements and actions - his signature on a letter suggesting former President George W. Bush might have allowed the Sept. 11 attacks to occur, his 1990s membership in an avowedly anti-capitalist group - should have disqualified him for government service. But I do know his resignation is a loss for the environmental movement, and I think, for the country as well. Because Van Jones was right about green jobs. (Watch an interview with...
Diabetes researchers believe that the disorder is caused by some type of immune reaction gone awry - immune cells are "trained" in the thymus gland to recognize the body's own cells and protect them from destruction. For some reason, this education doesn't occur properly in Type 1 diabetes patients, and the immune system sees the pancreatic beta cells as foreign. Melton's team is currently working to generate thymus cells from diabetic patients in the same way the team created the beta cells, in order to put all the players together in a lab dish, in a kind...
...unidentified male approached the student from behind while she was walking towards Peabody Terrace, grabbed her iPhone out of her hand and fled the area. The student was not injured in the robbery, the advisory said. The Cambridge Police Department is investigating the incident because it did not occur on Harvard University property. HUPD sent a community advisory e-mail—the first of its kind since April—on Monday evening. The department sends advisories directly to students, faculty, and staff at Harvard College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as well...
...whether the man clearly raped the woman. A few hands go up around the room. The audience is then asked whether the man clearly did not rape the woman. Again, a few hands go up around the room. When the audience is asked if it is unclear whether rape occurred in this vague scene, the vast majority of students in the room put their hands up. The actors then went on to explain why a room full of Harvard students was wrong and what had occurred was clearly rape. While the performers certainly emphasized the necessity of unambiguous consent...