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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

The enduring promise of academic freedom

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…Harvard's president Alan Garber has made a stand on what he calls "the promise of higher education." "Freedom of thou...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Questions APR 17

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Presentation: Devin Beyond 43-46... (47-50 below*) 1. The American obsession with abortion distracts US policy from what? 2. Why does assist...

The nuclear mistakes that nearly caused World War Three

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…All told, there have been  at least 22  alarmingly narrow misses since nuclear weapons were discovered. So far, we've been pushed to th...
Monday, April 14, 2025

Questions APR 15

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Presentations:  Tara, Danny 1. Prenatal testing and embryo selection, as currently practiced, cannot coexist with what? 2. What are the two ...
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She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her

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A barracks-style detention center in Louisiana is jammed with around 90 immigrant women, mostly undocumented workers from central and South ...

How to Be a Happy 85-Year-Old (Like Me)

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10 tips from Roger Rosenblatt. The best one: 4. Get a dog. Just do it. Dogs are rarely trouble. They take more naps than you do, and they li...

There’s a Lesson to Learn From Daniel Kahneman’s Death

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…  Professor Kahneman signaled concern that if he did not end his life when he was clearly mentally competent, he could lose control over th...
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Sunday, April 13, 2025

Animals That Feel the Slice of the Knife

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…  Animal welfare may seem an odd thing to write about when our country is at a historic juncture and facing enormous risks. But current pol...

Are Embryos Property or People? Even the Courts Are Confused.

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…In December 2020 a hospital patient wandered into an unsecured room where the couples' embryos sat in cryogenic storage, picked up the ...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

FINAL REPORT PRESENTATIONS

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Time to SIGN UP for final report presentations, beginning Apr 1 (no foolin'). We'll do one or two presentations per class. Indicate ...
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The wolf at the door

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Animals of zoology: life after death Has Colossal, a genetics start up, resurrected the ancient dire wolf?   Born to a mixed-breed dog, Remu...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025

The Clock of the Long Now

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Why would anyone build a Clock inside a mountain with the hope that it will ring for 10,000 years? Part of the answer: just so people wil...

On Children by Kahlil Gibran - Poems | Academy of American Poets

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As mentioned in class… Kahlil Gibran 1883 – 1931 And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children.      And he sa...

Staying human; Openness to the Unbidden

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"What will you have done to your newborn when you have installed into the nucleus of every one of her billions of cells a purchased cod...

"Cultural Racism" by Dr. Linda Martín Alcoff

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Unsurprisingly, our upcoming Lyceum about "cultural racism" (Friday 5 pm, COE 164) has generated a flurry of cultural racism on MT...

“We should not have allowed this to happen”

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Michael Lewis explains ( on Colbert ) the impact of the Trump administration's attack on federal workers... His new book:
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Questions APR 10

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 Presentation: David 1. How do global and local inequalities relate to reproductive tourism? 2. What intentional act contributes to making s...
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