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...That attendance in class is desirable seems self-evident, and the (sometimes subtle) benefits it provides are many. Professors naturally prefer an audience to their presentation, whose questions can guide discussion and instruction. Even seeing the way students react to information can inform how much time a professor spends on particular topics in the future. Attendance allows for a general assurance that our lecturers’ knowledge—for which we have competed and pay a premium—is being passed on. Furthermore, one of the great benefits of a school like Harvard is the quality...

Author: By Nathaniel C. Donoghue and James M. Wilsterman | Title: Point/Counterpoint: Stop The Tape? | 4/4/2008 | See Source »

...times: shops closed at each prayer, and we would simply walk over to the closest mosque, pray, then resume our shopping. It's different in America. When I shop with a friend at a mall in New Jersey, we often find ourselves looking for a place to pray. We prefer quiet, secluded areas, but sometimes we have to resort to the fitting rooms. We carry outfits into separate stalls and pretend to try them on. When I finish praying, I ask my friend "Are you done?" Yes, she answers, but now she wants to try on the clothes, and more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Being American — and Muslim | 4/4/2008 | See Source »

...passionate about math that he dreamed of creating an interactive museum dedicated to the subject. But he is best known for the matching algorithm he created with colleague Lloyd Shapley that was first applied to romantic pairs: an elegant method to determine couples in which both partners prefer each other to other members of a group. Among several applications, the algorithm has since been used to match students to high schools and helped establish the protocol still used to assign new doctors to hospital-residency programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...really prefer tea over coffee? -Nimna De Silva, Colombo, Sri LankaPG Tips [tea]. All Brits drink PG Tips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Helen Mirren | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

...size of a deck of cards. From here, the next step is to toss a vaccine into the mix and watch the action unfold. (MIMIC uses skin-like constructs, since cuts and open sores on the skin are a natural entry point for many viruses, but different viruses prefer different doorways, so VaxDesign has already created a lung construct, and artificial nasal and intestinal linings are in the works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Immunity in a Test Tube | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

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