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COMPUTERS CALMING CULTURE: Allan Hanson, professor of anthropology, reveals a link between the computer revolution and culture wars in his book "The Trouble With Technology: How Computers are Calming the Culture Wars." In the book, Hanson argues that societies have evolved greatly over the centuries, but cultures have not kept pace. He goes on to demonstrate how the widespread use of computers encourages originality and open-mindedness, which can help ease differences between cultures.
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Ruth Patrick has been called the "den mother of ecology." Patrick has worked for decades with diatoms, which are single-cell algae that are present in nearly every body of water. She discovered diatoms can be the prime indicator of water quality, because the cells readily absorb pollutants. She also devised a well-known model, the Patrick Principle, for determining a body of water's health by evaluating all life in it.
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