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...they challenge or threaten more progressive Muslim women who decline the veil. Such arguments might sound convincing until one bothers listen to women wearing those same veils, and their earnest explanations that the coverings symbolize modesty, humility, devotion to their faith, and subservience to no one but their god. Unless all these women are self-denying liars manipulated by radical males, shouldn't their interpretation of headscarf symbolism be regarded as at least as legitimate as hijab and niqab opponents? The problem with symbols is they are exactly as potent or weak as the passion invested in them - and both...
...What these findings do promise, however, is the possibility of developing heart-based therapies without the need for using embryonic stem cells - a welcome prospect for researchers in the U.S. who are restricted from working with these cells unless they secure private, non-government funding...
...Unless their genes were switched, males would not normally head-butt in battle, and females would not lunge, said Berry Professor of Neurobiology Edward A. Kravitz, a co-author of the study...
Flies that won fights tended to go on the offensive, while flies that lost previous fights usually retreated more, according to the study. Winning flies would keep winning, while a fly that had lost before did not win another battle unless it was pitted against another fly that had also previously lost...
...graphics and all the descriptive information about the honeybee in "The Buzz on Bees" [Nov. 6] were truly magnificent. But there was an enormous blunder in the story's introductory sentence, "We don't give bees much thought unless they're terrorizing us at a picnic." Bees are not the least bit interested in picnickers or their food. Yellow jackets are the insects that take great delight in pirating our food even as it enters our mouths. It is disheartening to hear people blaming the bee for the bothersome foraging of the yellow jacket...