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• How to make the best of bad times
It is a function of the cyclical nature of all living things — including societies and markets — that there eventually comes a sustained downturn. But remember — seasons don't last forever. Day always follows night, spring always follows winter ...
• Writers pick up pens to protest detentions
The nature of democracy and of basic human liberty rests on the fact that you can't be imprisoned unless you have been charged with a crime and convicted of it in the courts," Grant writes. "However imperfect the judicial system is in Britain, the ...
• Venus flytraps face loss of habitat
One of nature's most recognized wonders, the venus flytrap's ability to snatch living prey makes it a favorite of elementary school science classes everywhere. Yet the flytrap is falsely ferocious: It's hardly the man-eating Audrey Jr. from "The ...
• Researchers find easier way to make stem cells
... pluripotent stem cells or iPS cells. "This study demonstrates there's a possibility that instead of using genes and viruses to reprogram cells, one can use chemicals," said Dr. Doug Melton, who directed the study published in the journal Nature ...
• Harvard gets its largest gift: $125 million
The Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering will attempt to discover the engineering principles nature uses to build living things, then use that information to create devices and technologies to meet medical needs. "Little did I ...