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...Gilbert suggests his research could have some revolutionary implications for the way people behave. For one thing, the next time you sit down at a new restaurant, you might be better off abandoning the menu and instead asking a fellow diner, "What's good here?" Or you might even consider asking friends, family or the village elders whether your partner is marriage material or not. "Most Westeners would reject the notion outright that someone else would pick your marital partner more accurately than you can. It's not clear to me that's true," Gilbert says, conceding that...
...active period for the faith since the height of Islamic scholarship in the Middle Ages. "There is more self-confidence in the Islamic world about dealing with reason, constitutionalism, science and other big issues that define modern society," says Ibrahim Kalin of the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research in Ankara. "The West is no longer the only worldview to look up to. There are other ways of sharing the world and negotiating your place...
These arguments miss the point. We now have a pretty good sense of which sex-education approaches work. Substantial research--including a 2007 Bush Administration report--has concluded that comprehensive programs are most effective at changing teen sexual behaviors. They are also largely uncontroversial outside Washington. Vast majorities of parents favor teaching comprehensive sex education...
...surprise that The Crimson would welcome President Obama’s executive order increasing federal funding for stem cell research. After all, Harvard will receive a huge portion of this funding...
...college-industrial complex periodically promotes some “highly promising” research, which will illicit massive funding. In the ‘70s , investigators said they were within “striking distance” of understanding cancer cells, in 1984 AIDS specialists predicted a vaccine within three years, and in 2000 the genome project was going to revolutionize medicine. While few stem cell promoters would promise, as did former Senator John Edwards, that persons in wheelchairs would be walking, researchers do encourage the expectation that cures for everything from diabetes to Alzheimer?...