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College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds sent 300 freshman an e-mail Thursday—a few days before Sunday’s sudden snowfall—informing them of their eligibility for the annual coat fund, which allows students to purchase or be reimbursed for $100 worth of winter gear...
...further pushes the species toward extinction. So the goal is to boost species' numbers, and the long-standing rule for such conservation is 50/500 - meaning that 50 adults in a population are required to avoid the risks of inbreeding, and 500 are needed to avoid extinction due to sudden environmental change...
...Traill and his colleagues, after reviewing the most current data, found that a better rule would be 5,000 - meaning no fewer than 5,000 adult individuals are needed to keep a species safe from the threat of extinction. Dip below that level, and any sudden change - the loss of a valued habitat, a new disease - could wipe out a species before conservationists would have time to act. "Small populations have therefore reached a point of departure: away from the ability to adapt to changing environmental circumstances and toward inflexible vulnerability to those same changes," writes Traill. (Read "Extinction 'Gene...
...remains an open question as to whether the choice not to produce with David Friedman—known for his work in psych-rock band Mercury Rev—for the first time since 1989’s “Telepathic Surgery” allowed for this sudden burst of inspiration from the band...
...That sudden turnaround can largely be attributed to the drastic improvement the Quakers’ Colin St. Maxens experienced. After shooting an 82 in the first round on the par-71 course, St. Maxens answered with...