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...couple of years ago, right after a Capitol Steps show I did at Sanders Theatre, a Harvard junior came up and told me I had a really fun job. She said she hoped she could someday have a job that was half as much fun. Her voice revealed a trace of melancholy, as if she didn’t think there was much chance the real world would ever allow her to engage her whimsical side. I understood, because I’ve met a number of others like...
Schwartz, a native of upstate New York, is suddenly blessed with a trace of South Carolinian drawl; Elizabeth has added a dash of Texan to her light New Joisey inflection...
...nonstop bellowing of a male red deer over several days is apparently quite effective at inducing reproductive readiness in females. Other species use more subtle signals to seduce their mates, including a full arsenal of sexy pheromones. A little of this chemical magic goes a long way: the merest trace of a female moth's scent will attract the attention of males from miles downwind...
...warping as it sponged up moisture from the air. Intrigued, he ran a simple experiment and discovered that the probe was a marvelously precise hygrometer. If it could measure moisture, he wondered, why not all sorts of other stuff? Thundat, 46, has since built tiny sensors to detect trace amounts of everything from explosives to cancer markers to chemical weapons, winning scads of awards and 17 patents for his inventiveness...
...rapist” are words that we often reserve for certain kinds of assault, like stranger rape, or rape involving screams and bruises. Yet perpetrators rarely have letters on their forehead, “R” for rapist, and date rape sometimes leaves little physical trace. The fact is, rape can be as simple as doing something that was never agreed upon. Frighteningly, this is part of the definition of sex for many Harvard students...