According to a new study by researchers at Harvard and the University of Texas at Austin, women's lower spines evolved to be more flexible and supportive than men's to increase comfort and mobility during pregnancy, and to accommodate the special biology of carrying a baby for nine months while standing on two feet.
Karen Beemon, a professor and chair of the Department
of Biology at The Johns Hopkins University, has won the third annual M.
The proposed increases represent the largest gain in state aid in more than a decade for some affluent suburban districts, but they were a sharp disappointment for many historically poor urban districts.
Twenty-nine Kazakhstani officials attended a meeting planned by the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs and the Department of City and Regional Planning on the topic of administrative reform.
Cornell has been selected by the New York State Health Foundation to be one of five institutions to address the crisis in health insurance that has left roughly 2.
Cornell researchers are using advanced genetic techniques to better understand the relationship between the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and the human immune system defense cells that engulf them.
The Cape Town Open Education Declaration arises from a meeting convened in Cape Town on 14-15 September 2007.
The Great Pandemic tells the story of the 1918 outbreak of the Spanish flu, which killed an estimated 675,000 Americans and 30-50 million people worldwide.
Cornell's new Performance and Speakers Bureau, sponsored by the Einaudi Center, coordinates international organizations across campus to train student presenters to speak or perform at area schools.
Harvard President Drew Faust and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D.