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...with animals have shown that if you place a normal kitten, for example, in a completely dark chamber immediately after birth, the kitten will become irrevocably blind. As a result, doctors in developing nations are often reluctant to perform surgeries like cataract removals on children. The risks--infection, mostly--outweigh the meager rewards...
...trial can be seen as a test case for the costs and benefits of arresting and prosecuting a man like Noorzai. Does the potential cost to the battle against terrorism in Afghanistan outweigh the benefit to the war on drugs? These are the kind of wrenching questions that the U.S. must weigh in its new twilight struggle for stability both at home and abroad...
...Yeah, the bad seemed to outweigh the good. But when you have a show where the winner gets instant fame and money, it's like people signing up to play Lotto. Everybody takes a shot...
...person's body. Do we have a comparable right, neuroethicists ask, to "freedom of mind"? The ethicists are raising the questions, but it will be up to the courts--and ultimately society at large--to decide when the benefits of this powerful but intrusive branch of brain science outweigh the dangers...
...late-September starts goodbye in favor of a post-Labor Day start date. But let go we will; these were traditions that weren’t meant to last, and we should no longer justify them with an irrelevant nostalgia.In the end, the benefits of a calendar switch far outweigh the costs. With a longer and more relaxed winter vacation, easier cross-registration, enhanced access to summer jobs and internships, and—dare we say it—some peace of mind, the new calendar could do more to improve student life at the College than nearly any reform...