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...seat in Lamont, don’t be afraid to toss that half-eaten bagel in the trash and mark your own territory. If someone comes back to claim the carrel, do not panic. Give them the call number for Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” (QH365.O2 1859a, fyi) and direct them to the part about “survival of the fittest.” Should this tactic fail, you can always just bare your teeth and go for the throat...
...That will come as welcome news to the Spanish government, which is currently attempting to reduce immigration into the country. In response to the global economic crisis, Spain's once receptive labor ministry recently introduced a plan that essentially pays unemployed migrants to return to their country of origin. On Dec. 20, the administration extended the period during which police can detain undocumented migrants and barred legally registered immigrants from bringing over any family member of working...
...former size—though some are more forthcoming than others about the extent of the cuts.At the Medical School, there will be no chocolate fountain gurgling in decadence. No waitstaff making the rounds with sliver platters of shrimp hors d’oeuvres and cheese cubes of international origin. No booze either.Instead, Medical School Dean Jeffrey S. Flier has invited the staff to gather three days before Christmas at 8:30 A.M. to share a two-hour breakfast of coffee, bagel, and collegial spirit. Small juniper berry pots will be placed on the refreshment tables. Last year?...
...origin of the word condom is unknown, though the story of a certain Dr. Condom in 19th century England remains one of the more persistent myths. The term at least trumps intravaginal pouch, a phrase suggested in lieu of female condom by an FDA panel tasked in the early 1990s with reviewing an early prototype of the women's contraceptive...
...team of Harvard scientists made a significant breakthrough in the study of evolutionary biology, pinpointing the origin of cooperative behavior in yeast. Their work, published in Cell magazine two weeks ago, provides important information on the proliferation of genes that allow organisms to cooperate only with each other. The group was led by biology professor Kevin J. Verstrepen, who studied at the University of Belgium’s Center of Malting and Brewing. “One of the things I learned there,” said Verstrepen, “is that yeast cells have a tendency to stick...