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...duracrust gave new relevance to a study published in 2000 by microbiologist Russell Vreeland of Pennsylvania's West Chester University. Vreeland discovered some 250 million-year-old salt crystals in New Mexico that contained tiny quantities of ancient water. The water held preserved spores that sprang back to life once their salt and nutrient levels were adjusted. Whether this is possible in the punishing, radiation-soaked environment of Mars is hard to say, but it certainly makes anything that hints at salt worth a closer look...
When I caught sight of Cornell winger Mitch Carefoot, the question “Where’s Tenderheart?” immediately sprang to mind, but remained there as I would have been just one voice in the wilderness of Lynah...
...time, The Game went on to its inevitable conclusion. And at this point, we can only guess who was responsible for the half-baked scheme, but it has Eli painted all over it. Clearly, the failed display—like a botched college application for admission—sprang from a feeble mind. And though Harvard has its eccentrics, Yale has made being pathologically desperate an art. Indeed, a centuries-old inferiority complex pervades the daily existence of the Yalie, a fascinating iteration of humanity that combines decently high SAT scores with an irrational penchant for mediocrity...
...concept sprang to life after a Hasty Pudding punch event. “We were so turned off by the attitude that we decided to create our own social club,” says Wrap Social Club President and Head of Alumni Relations Stephanie T. Chevalier ’07, “dedicated to doing something we enjoyed: eating wraps anytime and anywhere.” The club met every Tuesday for dinner at—where else?—the Wrap, and the wrap of choice was usually the barbecue chicken wrap with extra salsa, though only...
...public relations problem—the public hates it. In a random sampling of Harvard students, words such as “hideous,” “dilapidated,” “shithole” and “vomit-inducing” immediately sprang to mind. Upon further reflection, respondents added that New Haven also struck them as “seedy,” “scuzzy” and “ghetto-fab minus...