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With songs like “Party in the USA” by Miley Cyrus, “Single Ladies” by Beyoncé, and “Down” by Jay Sean to propel them, attendees witnessed an impromptu dance battle. (Editor's note: Hell yes, you young, supple, eager freshman show-offs.  Bring it on.) More after the jump...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Frosh Meet Faust, Break Dance in Annenberg | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...scandal over Tiger Woods' alleged multiple affairs keeps expanding, NBC's experience that afternoon underscores the tricky lie in which the networks that broadcast golf now find themselves. No single athlete has the power to propel, or derail, his sport more than Woods. He's the meal ticket, the key to big ratings, and it's in each network's interest to stay in Woods' good graces - whatever that means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tiger Gets Mulligan from the TV Networks | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

That soupy brown air is the result of so-called black carbon expelled into the atmosphere in and around the Indian capital, from the burning of biomass for cookstoves and of black coal for electricity, and the incomplete combustion in the old diesel engines that propel most of the cars and trucks in the city. Breathing here isn't all that good for you - there's a reason the city is home to the "Delhi cough" - and now scientists are discovering that the sooty air isn't good for the climate either. According to some estimates, black carbon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black Carbon: An Overlooked Climate Factor | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...hundreds of stalls, wholesaler Keisuke Morishima dismantles a fresh 271-lb. (123 kg) bluefin snared off Oma, a small Japanese town. Bluefin can live for decades, growing more than 10 ft. (3 m) long, weighing up to 1,500 lb. (680 kg), and with enough muscle to propel them at 40 m.p.h. (65 km/h). Throwing his weight into the fish as he makes a cut, Morishima is philosophical. "Some think it's endangered, and I understand their position, but what can you do by worrying about it?" he asks. He'd like all his bluefin to come from Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunting for Tuna: The Environmental Peril Grows | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...research, published today in the journal “Science,” indicates that evolution due to factors like advantageous mimicry may influence changes in mate preference that further propel speciation...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Butterflies Lend Insights About Speciation | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

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