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Ever since the evidentiary orgy of the O.J. Simpson trial, forensics for many people has been associated with one thing: DNA. And with good reason. The ability to extract cells from body fluids or tissue and use them to identify a person with near certainty has shaken up criminalistics like...
Today, no high school senior could write of his classmates’ dedication “to finding a better world of higher ideals and purer men” without dissolving into giggles. We may be—and in many instances are—as “much...
When he was still in the White House, Bill Clinton often worried about how he would "make myself useful" when he left office. Lately he has shown how. He was there last month to give Andrew Cuomo a nudge out of the New York Governor's race. And it was...
Certainly, some species of plants found only in remote rainforests could be the source of potent human drugs. Some animals are necessary to keep pests from eating away farmers’ fields. But vast numbers of species are unlikely to be useful to humans. They may be interesting for scientists...
“We are the only program that I know of that was founded as a cooperative venture with the Swiss government,” said Richardson. “It’s useful to have a Harvard connection for the Swiss.”