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...further x-factor in the study: What if teens weren't being honest in their self-reports about risky behavior? Berns' team addressed this question by drug-testing the 91 research subjects. Only nine had actually done drugs - in each case, marijuana - but eight of those nine admitted their drug use in the survey. No students who tested negative falsely claimed to have tried drugs. The teen brain, it appears, can be often an honest thing - even if it's not always a wise...
...Researchers are inching ever closer to bringing the latest stem-cell technologies from bench to bedside - and are, in the process, learning more about some diseases that long have remained medical black boxes. (Read "Stem-Cell Research: The Quest Resumes...
...Indeed, the Indians I met who were old enough to remember President Kennedy spoke of him fondly and frequently commented on “how good a man” President Bush was. That positive opinion extends to the nation as a whole: A 2008 Pew Research Survey found that 66 percent of Indians hold a favorable view of the United States, a statistic significantly higher than in almost any other country, including Japan (50 percent), Spain (33 percent), and Turkey (12 percent). Indians admire American leaders that reach out to them and treat them as equal partners, as President...
...Harvard Business School’s first experts in using the case method, Barnes taught the human side of business—organizational behavior—at Harvard as a tenured professor from 1968 until he retired in 1998. Before receiving tenure, he had served as a research associate at HBS since 1956 and spent much of that time as a teaching fellow...
...proposed system of selectively excluding some students from housing during J-Term is misguided at best and dishonest at worst. The university’s current approach to J-Term housing seems overly and unnecessarily restrictive. Current guidelines suggest that only thesis writers with a compelling research need, students working in labs, international students, and members of 19 varsity sports teams have been categorized as groups likely guaranteed to be approved. This narrow categorization leaves out many other students who may have a strong reason for requiring housing. For example, those participating in community-service programs, those constrained by financial...