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...autonomous space-based telescope Swift, which detected the gamma-ray burst, was launched in 2004 in order to help scientists further the understand of these objects...

Author: By Kristi J. bradford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Astronomy Professor Helps Discover Farthest Known Object in Universe | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...Such stories, and the broader reality they encapsulate, first persuaded me to buy only free-range meat, and later to become a strict vegetarian. I’ve never fully accepted any abstract theory of animal rights, nor do I think one needs to in order to sense that something has gone horribly wrong. For me, the horrors of the slaughterhouse and the suffering of the factory farm attest to that...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Animal Atrocities | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...While we are heartened by this news, we do not believe that such ranking systems capture the full scope of the student experience,” she said. “Like all our peers, we are constantly striving to improve and augment educational and research opportunities in order to better fulfill our mission.” The medical school came in 15th in primary care. The business school was able to take sole ownership of the top spot after tying with Stanford last year. “It is great that Harvard was ranked so highly in the survey...

Author: By Ellie Reilly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Business School and Medical School Top Rankings | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...interactive question and answer session on modern health policy. “I don’t want this to have a lecture format,” Zucker said with a smile at the beginning of the session, who added that he preferred to encourage question-driven talk in order to address student perspectives and queries. Discussion ranged from global and national health policy issues to Zucker’s personal perspective in these fields and the journey that brought him to his current position. He also referred briefly to possible long-term effects of the current swine flu outbreak...

Author: By Laura C. Schaffer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Howard Zucker Talks Public Health at IOP | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...Boston. The study aimed to gauge the stress impact of exposure to violence by testing the levels of cortisol—a hormone that is secreted at higher levels in high-stress situations—in each of the subjects. Suglia and his team took saliva samples in order to compare cortisol levels to parents’ descriptions of their children’s stress levels. They then analyzed differences in sleeping patterns, exposure to varying severities of violence, and degrees of worrying. The study concluded that there was a correlation between alterations in the body’s stress...

Author: By Eric W. Baum, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Study Links Poor Health, Violence in Urban Children | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

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