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...Harvard researcher has unearthed new evidence in the quest to explain how life can thrive under extreme conditions. In a report published in last week’s issue of Science, Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Peter Girguis shed new light on the resiliency of the basic building blocks of life, by studying the behavior of worms that live in thermal vents at the bottom of the ocean. “These worms have been able to feed, reproduce, and live in a niche that no other animal has been able to,” Girguis said...
...Psychology 1504, “Positive Psychology,” also taught by Ben-Shahar). The lessons taught and initiatives called for in the course are the very things the Leadership Institute hopes to put into action on an ongoing basis.Ultimately, in order to not merely survive but to thrive, leadership development programs need large-scale institutional support. If it were not for the unparalleled dedication of some of faculty advisors, including Ager and Ben-Shahar, and alumni co-founder, Jonathan P. Doochin ’04-05, the Leadership Institute would be struggling. Without the helpful guidance...
...with a fish's scales, fangs and gills, it had anatomical features usually found only in animals that spend at least some of their time on land. It is, in short, exactly the sort of transitional animal Darwinian theory predicts, with new physical traits gradually emerging to help it thrive in a novel environment. And it has become scientists' Exhibit A in their long-running debate with creationists and other antievolutionists who have been using the lack of such missing-link organisms to argue that Darwin's theory is wrong...
That typical gym smell of sweat and tears was replaced by the far sweeter aromas of fruit salad, lavender eye masks and some lighter exercise Saturday when Thrive: Recharge came to the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC). Student members of the Community Health Initiative organized the event, which turned the fourth floor of the MAC into a congregation of tables offering information about sleep, relationships, self awareness, nutrition, and physical activity, and attracted several hundred visitors. Up to 40 people at a time lined up for the free massages and sleep lessons. The event also offered workshops on yoga, acupuncture...
...view at all. While teacher training is worthwhile, she says, its main benefit is to prepare trainees for tutoring large groups. "Anyone can teach one-on-one," she says. "And my method wasn't really teaching, anyway. It was just being there." Academically, Anastasia seemed to thrive at home, an impression confirmed when - curious about school and keen to develop her musical talent - she started at the somewhat alternative Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School in Year 10. "She immediately excelled in everything," her mother says. "But after two weeks she came home and said, 'Mum, do you mind if I stop...