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...researchers stop short of declaring the human-like creature a brand-new species. Instead of giving it a Latin name, they refer to the creature publicly as "the Denisova hominin" and in internal e-mails and discussions simply as "X." But privately, scientists at Max Planck - a world leader in the painstaking process of separating genomes from other DNA (of viruses and bacteria, for instance) that typically contaminate fossils - believe that the sequencing of the Denisova hominin's nuclear genome, which will offer a complete genetic picture, will confirm a new species. Krause says the sequencing has begun, and will...
...It’s part of Harvard’s globalization goal to attract the very best talent from around the world,” said Susan J. Pharr, a professor of Japanese politics and director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, who accompanied Faust on the trip. “Having the president go to Japan is a way to deepen the relationship, and to make sure that Harvard is well known in Japan...
...Each of them will be counting on continued Chinese growth to help pull the world through economic recovery and beyond, but they can't afford to be complacent about their business relationships with the Middle Kingdom. On March 21, the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing reported that 38% of the companies responding to a recent survey felt frozen out - "unwelcome to participate and compete in the Chinese market" - a steep rise from 26% a year...
...Sunday evening the richest, most powerful country in the world, the USA, finally entered the 20th century. Yes, not the 21st century, but the 20th," read an article published Monday on the popular French news website Rue89.com. The site also posted a copy of TIME's cover from Nov. 24, 2008, showing Obama as a contemporary Franklin D. Roosevelt, below which it placed a cartoon of Obama on the phone to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, saying, "Hi, Nicolas, how's your health?" The Dutch daily De Volkskrant noted that the change was a long time coming: "Where health care...
...fundamental difference between Europe and the U.S., Europeans believe, is that Americans regard public services as a bonus rather than a basic right. For some, this is evidence that the American system is deeply flawed. "It was a scandal that the world's richest country for so long offered its citizens such pitiful protection against illness or injury," wrote Gregor Peter Schmitz, Washington correspondent for Der Spiegel on its website Monday. "It seems entirely possible that, in 10 years time, Americans will find it hard to believe that they didn't always have the right to health insurance...