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...consider that nearly every patient who has a big hip or knee operation will run a fever for a while afterward. No one really knows why. But let the computer pick up the temperature elevation and make me address a pull down menu that includes "fever of unknown origin" and I have to add a diagnosis to the patient's chart that often means a bigger payment - though the only treatments for this fever are being given anyway...
...upon graduation. University Provost Steven E. Hyman recently voiced opposition to the restrictions in a letter to Congressman Michael E. Capuano, who represents Cambridge in the U.S. House. Hyman wrote last month that it was important to keep jobs open to all recent graduates, regardless of their country of origin. “Now more than ever, our country needs to capture the talents of our brightest graduates to work to turn around these troubled industries,” he wrote. Casey said the impact of the amendment on Harvard’s sizable international student body is still unclear...
...United States has a vested interest in collaborative action when deciding where to move the detainees. When possible, it should transfer prisoners to their countries of origin or other states to diffuse responsibility and rescue its old reputation for diplomatic teamwork. Of course, not all of the prisoners can return home for fear of mistreatment and torture: 17 Chinese Uighurs, Libyans, and Uzbeks captured by bounty hunters come to mind...
Fans of evolution have reason to celebrate. The year 2009 is both the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, which formally laid out his theory of evolution. Darwin’s discovery revolutionized the field of biology and laid the groundwork for countless future discoveries in anthropology, psychology, and medicine. Chances are, you found out about Darwin’s birthday well before reading this, because his face has been everywhere this winter, from the cover of National Geographic to the Queen?...
...Evolution gets singled out because of its implications about the origin of human life. It is unintuitive, even for scientists, to accept that our species, which is unique in so many ways, has the same origins as a shark or a sequoia. But this does not account for why every single European country except Turkey is more willing than the U.S. to accept evolution as a fact. Presumably people in the EU care about what it means to be human...