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...suffer higher rates of diabetes than their white counterparts. So without knowing exactly who makes up the population, how is it possible to treat diabetes effectively? And a detailed ethnic breakdown isn't just essential to understanding what citizens need now - it's also the only way to predict what they will need in the future. "Do you want to let diversity take its own course and potentially become a burden?" says Phillips. "Or do you want to manage it, be proactive, and turn it into a benefit? A smart society is going to try to turn it into...
...chemistry concentrator in Currier House and former editorial chair, hopes he doesn’t need to convince you that global warming is real, despite today’s snowfall. His column will run on alternate Fridays and will demystify the science news of the moment, and perhaps predict exactly when Boston Harbor will be lapping at the steps of Currier. "Unrepentant Old Whig": Piotr Brzezinski ’07 is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House and a former Crimson associate editorial chair. His column, appearing on alternate Fridays, will offer commentary on national and campus issues from...
...resolution is virtually certain to pass. About the only uncertainty is how many Republican members will vote for it. Most congressional observers predict somewhere between a dozen and two dozen Republicans will join the Democratic majority in passing the measure...
...consumer electronics begun? Market researchers at Virginia-based NanoMarkets, which reports on micro- and nanotechnology, predict plastic electronics will be worth nearly $35 billion by 2014. That's about the same value as today's global recorded-music industry. Executives rhapsodize on grocery-store displays that will advertise directly to you, based on information picked up from, say, a chip in your cell phone. Perishables like milk could be packaged with sensors layered in their cardboard to let you know whether they've always been stored at appropriate temperatures. Other products in the pipeline include plastic solar panels, low-cost...
Baby, you can drive my iPod. The 20-year trademark battle between Steve Jobs' Apple Inc. and the Beatles' Apple Corps is finally over. Analysts predict Beatles songs will be on iTunes...