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...Think, Mr. Carswell (wherever you are), think, all of you: Imagine the situation of your grader. (Unless he is of the Wheatstone Bridge-double differential CH3C6H2(NO2)3 set. These people are mere cogs; automata; they simply feel to make sure you have punched the right holes. As they cannot think, they cannot be impressed; they are clods. The only way to beat their system is to cheat.) In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember, there is a man (occasionally a woman), a human type filling out your picture postcard. What does he want to read...

Author: By A Grader | Title: A Grader’s Reply | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...fuss over this particular mosquito's mating call? First off, the findings, published in the Jan. 9 issue of the journal Science, dispel a few former assumptions about A. aegypti's behavior: that the female is deaf and a passive participant in the mating ritual and that the male cannot hear frequencies above 1,000 Hz. In fact, the Cornell researchers have established that both the male and female of this subtropical species can detect frequencies as high as 2,000 Hz and that they are equal participants in the courtship process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mosquito Mating Song: Dengue Fever Duet | 1/9/2009 | See Source »

Munday added that in future experiments they hope to levitate small spherical particles in fluid above a plate, but that the force “cannot be used to levitate trains or frogs or anything like that...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEAS Researchers Measure Quantum Repulsive Force | 1/9/2009 | See Source »

...their emotions. It's important to note that Linehan doesn't just practice tough love with her patients; she also tells them she knows they are hurting and doing the best they can. She emphasizes that she believes in them even though many therapists have tossed them aside. "Clients cannot fail," she says. "But both treatment and a therapist can fail." Both compassion and irreverence, both validation and tough love - these are the dialectics at the heart of Linehan's approach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mystery of Borderline Personality Disorder | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...Israel's leaders need to recognize that if Hamas cannot be beaten militarily, then it must be engaged politically. That means accepting the idea of dealing with some kind of Palestinian unity government that includes Hamas. A coalition between Hamas and Abbas is essential for the future of a Palestinian state and for moderating Hamas' extremism. Hamas, which 18 months ago chased Abbas' men from Gaza, says it will pair up with Abbas if he, along with the international community, recognizes that the Islamic militants legitimately came to power in the January 2006 elections. Israelis rightly view such claims with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Israel Survive Its Assault on Gaza? | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

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