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...pattern of evolution suggests the ant family tree began to split with the advent of flowering plants, 100 million years ago, as ants adapted to newly-emergent environments...
...This is a familiar pattern. In the late 19th century, the rapid risers were Germany, Japan and the U.S. itself. Though oceans apart, they embarked on similar careers. The first step was national unification. In Japan, the Meiji Restoration consolidated fragmented, feudal power into a technocratic and imperial state. In Germany, Bismarck fused 25 kingdoms and duchies into the Second Reich. In the U.S., the Civil War ended with the Union restored. Step two was rampant economic growth, with all three overtaking the established powers in the production of iron, steel and energy?those industries that would soon yield guns...
...schools in their recruiting areas that tend to do well at their colleges. If students are not as successful from a high school, it may affect the admission and or recruiting process for students from those high schools,” Hawkins says, adding that it would take a pattern of poorly-prepared students—not just one or two—to affect admissions decisions about students from a school...
...story. Indications that a touch of the grape may do the heart some good go back at least 30 years, although each new shot of positive evidence still gets lots of attention. Two weeks ago, a big study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that a particular pattern of drinking--rather than the absolute amount or the type of alcohol consumed--seems to have the best health effects. The investigators concluded that men who consistently drink a small amount of beer, wine or spirits three or more days a week suffer fewer heart attacks than those who drink...
...drug charges at Harvard is no doubt just a tiny fraction of the total number of Harvard community members who have used illegal substances. So how do University Police decide whom they should arrest? While we have no evidence that recent campus drug arrests follow any sort of pattern, you don’t have to take my word for it: our reports allow you to track the University Police yourself. That would be impossible if you didn’t know the identities of students charged with drug crimes...