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...Crippling rural poverty and decades of ethnic disenfranchisement are now also coming to a head: criminal elements and vigilante cadres of the Maoists run rampant in parts of the Nepali countryside, while the lowland region of the Tarai - whose ethnically Indian inhabitants comprise 40% of Nepal's population but remain politically marginalized - has been gripped for months by strikes and political violence...
...causes of autism remain largely shrouded in mystery, but there are some types of the disorder that can be traced to specific gene defects. The most common of these - responsible for roughly 5% of autism cases - is a flaw in the X chromosome that causes a condition known as Fragile X Syndrome. Because the defect has been studied on a molecular level, it provides a unique window into understanding autism - and treating it. And that is why a paper published in this week's issue of the journal Neuron is bound to generate excitement, even though the work was done...
...Romanticism is in fact Tram's great animator. She romanticizes the Communist Party and upbraids herself for her bourgeois sentimentalism: "Oh, why was I born a dreamy girl, demanding so much of life?" But commitment to the cause notwithstanding, she remains hopelessly enchanted with Western literature, music and poetry, referencing Victor Hugo and Johann Strauss. Indeed, despite her contribution to the war effort, her party overseers conclude that "certain bourgeois characteristics still remain" within...
...basic premise of the game is that designated killers bump off cops with a wink, while remaining undetected. When the lights are dimmed, killers work together using a sign language of nods and winks to select a victim. The "police" then try to guess their identity, which is confirmed or denied by the judge. When the lights are turned back up, each contestant speaks either to defend themselves or accuse others before a vote eliminates one suspect. In subsequent rounds more players are voted off until no civilians or killers remain. The first to eliminate all members of the other...
...really didn’t think about taking on the deanship as ending my teaching or my research career,” Brandt said. “I will remain engaged in the substantive questions for the history of medicine and global health that have motivated my work for a long time...