Archive for July 25th, 2003

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DNA Database Tracking Pot Strains

Researchers are compiling a database of DNA from marijuana
seized by authorities in an attempt to track the nation’s pot distribution
network from grower to smoker.

Over the past three years, scientists at the [...]

New World Ancestors Lose 12,000 Years

Scientists studying the genetic signatures of Siberians and American Indians have found evidence that the first human migrations to the New World from Siberia probably occurred no earlier than 18,000 years ago.
The new estimate undermines arguments for colonization as far back as 30,000 years ago, but reinforces archaeological findings and a linguistic theory [...]

Teachers Fail Fluency Test, Lose Jobs, Sue

The Massachusetts move shutting down the bilingual programs in the public schools, is impacting teachers as well as students. In some immigrant-heavy cities (like Lawrence) more than half of the kids in public school are non-native speakers. Over the years, these districts have hired dozens of teachers to work with kids in their [...]

Flash Mob Rage Hits Harvard Square

Flash Mobs are groups of wired individuals who coalesce, like dust
motes forming into solid physical shape, seemingly out of nowhere, at prearranged
sites in cities around the world. Appearing soon at a streetcorner near you!
"Across the country, tech-savvy thirtysomethings are using the
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Back to the Future

Whoops!  They lost another one of those pesky time capsules.  Don’t
you hate it when that happens? Elusive little suckers…

 
 

Capsule hunters in hurry
By Dale Huffman
Dayton Daily News
Whoops! They prepared and buried historical material so the [...]


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