DNA Database Tracking Pot Strains
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Researchers are compiling a database of DNA from marijuana
Over the past three years, scientists at the state Forensic Science |
Archive for July 25th, 2003
New World Ancestors Lose 12,000 Years
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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 that most American languages belong to a single family called Amerind.
Teachers Fail Fluency Test, Lose Jobs, Sue
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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 native languages. Now all of these teachers have to prove their fluency or get fired. Showing their true Americanism more than on any fluency test, they decided to sue.
“Seventeen Lawrence teachers who failed an English fluency test required by the state’s new English immersion law have hired a lawyer to challenge the rule and persuade the district that they should keep their jobs.
The state Department of Education issued rules in March requiring that teachers who do not meet the ”fluent and literate” standard must prove their English-speaking ability on an oral test and providing that those who fail will face being fired.
In Somerville, all five teachers who took the test failed and are receiving tutoring to help them improve their speaking ability. In Lowell, 22 of 25 teachers failed, and school officials provided them with information about private tutoring programs.”
Flash Mob Rage Hits Harvard Square
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Flash Mobs are groups of wired individuals who coalesce, like dust "Across the country, tech-savvy thirtysomethings are using the |
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It already has crossed the globe. Since the first flash While keeping details shrouded in secrecy, organizers of Boston’s |
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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… |
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Capsule hunters in hurry By Dale Huffman Whoops! They prepared and buried historical material so the school The clock is ticking, and E.J. Brown Elementary School is destined to be |
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Then again, maybe they should be thankful, considering what |
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A 93-year-old time capsule from a high school But instead of the "window to Aberdeen’s past" they expected, |
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