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Harvard Picks First BGLTQ Director

BGLTQ - no, it's not a fancy sandwich. It's an acronym for bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer. My, how far Harvard has fallen.

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Doctors: We must choose who lives


KATHARINE CHILD | 09 July, 2012 00:047 Comments




Government doctors are "playing God" daily, having to decide which critically ill children will get a chance to live....

'Back from the gates of hell'

July 7 2012 at 12:24pm
By Karabo Seanego

INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS

She endured 20 months as a captive in a foreign country, being starved, beaten and even raped, yet Debbie Calitz can’t bring herself to hate her jailers.

“I learned a lot in there about tolerance, forgiveness and patience,...

A chance encounter at a July 4 picnic made the latest development in particle physics seem much more comprehensible. Here's what I learned.

Michelle Amaral wanted to be a brain scientist to help cure diseases. She planned a traditional academic science career: PhD, university professorship and, eventually, her own lab. But three years after earning a doctorate in neuroscience, she gave up trying to find a permanent job in her field. Dropping her dream, she took an administrative...