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(04/28/11 6:50pm)
Every day, after eating lunch at the FFC, I bring a piece of fruit back with me to the lab and give it to my boss. I figure it’s the least I can do, especially with all the questions I nag him with daily. Being a perfectionist, I always take my time to look for the perfect apple to bring back.
(04/21/11 5:53pm)
Although there are many examples of symbiosis between living organisms in nature, such as the protection of acacia trees by fire ants, these relationships typically exist on a more external level in terms of providing protection or shelter. In some more extreme cases, two different species are merged such that one exists within the cells of another.
(03/17/11 5:25pm)
For much of the last decade, the scientific consensus was that humans were the only conscious and self-aware animals on the planet. Within the last few decades, that attitude has dramatically changed.
(02/10/11 5:49pm)
In reality, I am not one to have the latest gadget to hit the market — I still have a flip phone, my laptop could be used for weight training and my idea of a great video game is Crash Bandicoot for Playstation 1. So when I unwrapped the white matte cardboard box this past Christmas and first laid eyes on my new iPad, I honestly had no idea what I was going to use it for.
(11/04/10 10:17pm)
In a reversal of a long time policy, the Federal government, on Fri. Oct. 29th, ruled that genes from humans and other organisms could not be patented because they are a part of nature.
(10/14/10 7:03pm)
While the Nobel Prize garnered much of the media attention last week, an arguably equally important honor was also rewarded.
(10/14/10 6:39pm)
Nestled on the Potomac River, 20 miles south of the nation’s capital, Piscataway National Park is an unusual gem of southern Maryland.
(10/01/10 2:28am)
It was around noon on Monday and I was working in my lab. I decided to take a short break and catch up on the latest news. There, blaring on my computer screen was the headline: “Jimi Heselden, owner of the Segway firm, dead.”
(09/23/10 11:23pm)
It is 8:00am, and you are still groggy from staying up the night before. What do you do? You grab a cup of coffee.
(09/17/10 12:51am)
For three summers in a row, I worked and lived away from home, hoping to make some money to help cover the cost of college.
(01/08/10 5:00am)
On Tuesday, Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon was found guilty on one count of embezzlement in connection with her use of gift cards intended to help needy families.
(12/02/09 5:00am)
After completing an intense workout at the gym, I was ready to go back to my room and take a nice, long shower. I hopped in and turned on the water. I breathed in the steam and felt all of my tension melt away. Nothing could ruin this moment.
(11/19/09 5:00am)
What excited the Spanish the most when Christopher Columbus returned from the New World was not the gold but the plethora of unknown spices he brought back with him. In fact, back then, spices were worth their weight in gold.
(11/16/09 5:00am)
News-Letter (N-L): What do you think is the impact of Tuesday's election? Do you think it has any significance?
(11/11/09 5:00am)
Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) Michael Steele and Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) spoke on Thursday at Shriver Hall in the fifth installment of the 2009 Milton S. Eisenhower (MSE) Symposium.
(10/10/09 5:00am)
Quite often, the term 'scientific research' conjures up images of dark and stuffy labs, men and women hunched over doing serious things. For many, humor has no place in the hallowed halls of science.
(10/07/09 5:00am)
Israeli ambassador Michael Oren kicked off the 2009-2010 Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) with a talk on the current status of US-Israeli relations on Wednesday.
(09/19/09 5:00am)
Many of us have been awakened in the night by a painful leg cramp or charley horse. Or maybe you've gotten that stitch in your side while you're jogging.
(04/08/09 5:00am)
This is the third of a four-part series focusing on the relationship between violence and religion in the modern era.
(04/02/09 5:00am)
This is the second of a four-part series focusing on the relationship between violence and religion in the modern era. In the next issue, the News-Letter will explore non-violence movements in religion.