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Shedding Our DNA Chains The article on epigenetics was thought provoking [Jan. 18]. I had always considered that natural selection was too slow and random a process to allow the animal kingdom to successfully deal with environmental change. I am now filled with hope and trepidation about the effects that future environmental challenges will have on the human race. If physiological conditioning can have a transient effect on our gene activity, then can sociological conditioning also determine the traits of future genetics such as physical appearance, attraction, sexual orientation, academic and sporting prowess? Are changes in epigenetic marks the driving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yemen: The New New Frontier | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...least if the checks were random, one student mused, they might be justifiable...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Return of the Lifeguard Chair? | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

...even take a war to spark the fuse. Hamzawy says the past two years have seen a spike in social unrest in north Sinai, where a dense network of permanent police checkpoints create an atmosphere of occupation. Rights groups say Bedouin are routinely harassed and arrested at random. Torture in Egyptian prisons is rampant, and some Bedouin report stories of state security abducting their wives and children in an effort to coerce wanted men to come forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt's New Challenge: Sinai's Restive Bedouins | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

Yale Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeffrey Brenzel did not respond to The Crimson’s request for comment regarding why Yale did not see an increase in applications this year, but told the Yale Daily News that these numbers “could just be random...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Applications Up at Top Universities | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...never overbearing about it. He is devoted to his seven kids and it's safe to say you will never see Warner caught in any Tiger Woods imbroglio. He is charitable beyond belief. When the Warners go out to eat, they often pick up the tab for a random family sitting nearby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kurt Warner Retires: The Greatest Showman on Turf | 1/30/2010 | See Source »

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