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...high-speed tricks of its own. d3o's molecules flow as an athlete moves, but on impact they bind together instantaneously to absorb shock, then unlock to become soft and elastic once again. "It's a protective system that changes shape with you, so it doesn't restrict you at all and by stiffening spreads the load and reduces tendency to bruising," says Green, a materials scientist and d3o's research director...
...should: even a Lamont library decked out in comfortable chairs and open 24 hours can’t compete with the possibility of combining digital lecture videos with wireless networking and watching Chem lectures without ever getting out of bed. The real question, though, is why should we even restrict ourselves to beds here at Harvard? Why not watch lectures poolside in southern California, or from ski lodges in Colorado or cruise ships sailing across the Caribbean?The past year has turned these admittedly far-fetched possibilities into a more and more reasonable alternative. For one, more classes (and more...
...institutions—reiterated his group’s contention yesterday that the Solomon Amendment violates the Law School’s right to free speech and association.“In effect, the Solomon Amendment is one of the most aggressive attempts on the part of Congress to restrict the exercise of Constitutional rights,” Greenfield told the packed room of nearly 100 people.Eastman, who filed a friend-of-the-court brief in July supporting the Solomon Amendment, called the dispute an issue of “fundamental moral principle.” He countered the arguments...
...longer appears a question of if, but how the Vatican will try to restrict homosexuals from joining the priesthood. As 256 of the world's bishops gathered in Rome for a three-week synod--the first under Pope Benedict XVI--details filtered out to the Italian press that something a bit less draconian than a blanket ban was in the works. A long-shelved document providing specific admission instructions to seminaries is expected to be issued in November. The "instruction" from the Congregation for Catholic Education would add some teeth to a long-standing but often loosely enforced...
...night that Harvard will file a friend-of-the-court brief today urging the Supreme Court to invalidate the Solomon Amendment, the statute initially passed by Congress in 1994—and subsequently modified—that allows the secretary of defense to block federal funds to universities that restrict military recruiters’ access to students...