at that time, a member of the cambridge city council told me that had the question of recombinant dnaxperiment in cambridge been taken to a vote in the city, it would have failed 99 to one grade the would have one to ban the research. scientists saw this as a poorly educated public. harvard hadself and inherited the issue from a conference held not far from here. one of these golden research conferences held on the campuses of private schools. in 1977, 1 of these conferences drafted a letter to the national worryingf sciences, out loud about recombinant dna experimentation and its implications to human safety. in 1975,of rapid steps a group of scientists involved in that research called a where theycalifornia took up the issue of recombinant coli.ing the bacterium e. the bacteria that exists in the gut of human beings and many other organisms. what was interesting at the conference was they separated the scientific from the moral, ethical and political implications. they did not want to deal with those. they would deal only with scientific issues. i remember at the time, one of my col

cambridge massachusetts. >>> for more on the issues that syrians are facing we have omar in the southern turkey city near then border, omar? >> reporter: yes, i spent a day with syrian refugees inside and outside the refugee camp and now despite the misery that refugees are living in miserable conditions what struck me was the mixed feelings they have towards the possible military strike. >> the u.n. says syria is the greatest tragedy of the 21st century and it's set to continue. over 20 families arrived near this camp two weeks ago hoping to find a spot at an already overwhelmed turkey refugee camp and they sleep and eat and watch in the field. they lost their homes in syria and now they say their human dignity is gone too. some children here eat scraps of dry bread. and they talk off camera and say they want an attack against their government. others are more cautious. . >> translator: we want salvation. we are getting killed and displaced for three years. we want to strike that doesn't kill civilians or hit targets by mistake. >> translator: i ask god we return to our homes. only god, only god will help u

. >>> red wood city's planning commission is scheduled to review an environmental impact report for an elementary school. the council is set to discuss cambridge academy. the school will eventually enroll close to 200 students but neighbors say they already deal with traffic and noise from nearby roosevelt elementary. >>> you ready for this? three historic buildings still on that market for the low, low price of one single dollar. the 19th century homes are all located at theardenwood historic farm regional preserve. the park district is in the process of renovating the preserve which nene house mean have to go. they were moved to the reserve in 1984 where park officials plan to convert the houses to educational centers before renovation costs got too expensive. for one dollar you have to know the catch. after buying the house you have to cover moving and renovation costs which could cost up to hundreds of thousands of dollars for each of the buildings. any interested buyers you have to submit your letter of intent by the end of the month or the houses could be demolished. >> i bet some people will buy in. >> for a buck why not give it a shot.

cambridge. >> reporter: just a reminder, we are getting reports from iraq of a bombing of two bombs inside a sunni mosque in the cityle have been killed, and the news agency is quoting police and medical sources and we will have details a little later and do stay with us here on al jazeera and good-bye now. ♪ on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. my name is jonathan betz. i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for al jazeera america. >>my name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from houston, texas. >>i'm kim bondy. >>nicole deford. >>and i'm from new orleans. >>san francisco, california. when i was a little kid, i just really loved the news. >>news was always important in my family. >>i knew as a kid that was exactly what i wanted to do. >>i learned to read by reading the newspaper with my great-grandfather every morning. >>and i love being able to tell other people stories. >>this is it, i want to be a part of this. >>this is what really drove me to al jazeera america. that's all i have an real

cambridge, massachusetts. >> reporter: egypt government is trying to determine who was behind an assassination attempt on the minister and he narrowly escaped being driven through the cityiro. defense minister and armed forces say security will be increased. alliance opposed to the coup that deposed mohamed morsi called for more protests though. correspondent joins us on the line from egypt and not naming for security reasons and what is happening today in light of everything that happened yesterday? >> today we are expecting morallys to take place after friday and it has been called by the anti-coup alliance held last friday and i don't know how big they will turn out to be but they will be held in the area of cairo as well as the gated district. but not only in cairo there should be rallies in alexandria, s 1 and different places across the country. it will be interesting to see whether the security forces decide to try and crack down on these rallies given what happened yesterday with the attack, the muslim brooter hood and anti-coup come demeanored the attack but state television is blaming them for it regardless. >> reporter: thanks so much for your update there. t

cities and towns in which they lived. in other words i think the solution for yale is different than the solution for william and mary. >> host: or for cambridge >> guest: or for cambridge. it's also recognizing the troubled history for american universities doesn't and when this book ends. one of the things i did in this book was i stopped the book in the 1830s that the highpoint of scientific racism because i wanted to get the reader to the point where they could see it emerging without necessarily spending another 10 years telling the story. >> host: you being a professor of m.i.t., just quickly what do you say in the book? what is scientific racism? >> guest: there are a few chapters in the book where i read about the emergence of race in science and within science and one of the things that i argue is that not only does science become one of the key ways for establishing the legitimacy of racial flood and the racial defense of slavery. >> host: would i be incorrect in saying white supremacy? >> guest: yeah. you know it's the racial defense of slavery, the idea that african people are inherently inferior and created and prepared by nature

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