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...pack on body weight to stock fuel for the flight, sometimes doubling in size before they leave. Certain birds even shrink their internal organs to make themselves more energy-efficient. Migrating species today also have to contend with the gradual destruction of the wetlands and other oases they might use as refueling stops along their flight path. Adding 250 more miles to the trip could be devastating. "These little birds push themselves to the limit of their endurance to fly these distances," says Willis. "Anything that makes these trips longer could be the difference between making it and not making...
...Harvard. Szpak, an environmental science and public policy concentrator, said she has little traditional business experience. “It’s a good program to study science and learn to apply it when I get out,” Szpak said. “You can use your undergraduate degree in a very unconventional way.” —Staff writer William N. White can be reached at wwhite@fas.harvard...
...think the reason we had this event was because the topic of technology is so exciting amongst the number of students here who were involved in the Obama campaign,” said Solnet. The Obama campaign made a name for itself in the 2008 election for its innovative use of Web tools to catalogue and organize voters. The large size of the Millennial generation, coupled with the fact that most people who identify a party affiliation early tend to stick with that party, suggests that the generation’s influence is here to stay. The Millennium contingent made...
...deficit, the host team picked up its offense when it needed it most, relying on clutch hitting by co-captain Brady Weissbourd and freshman Matt Jones to close out its second league win. Currently riding a string of three consecutive road wins, the Crimson will do its best to use past performances to its advantage...
...While Meyerrose, Mansoor and other experts agree that the utility industry's vulnerability will grow as its command-and-control systems rely ever more on computer networks, those concerns are not new. Some security experts have cautioned against the growing use of "smart grid" technology - which relies even more on computer networks to allow both utilities and individual consumers to monitor and reduce power usage. There are already 2 million smart meters in use in the U.S., and the Obama Administration's 2010 budget includes $4.5 billion in spending on such technology. The fear is that these meters may allow...