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APathFromEtoBrain:
"Thishasbeenalongpersonalendeavorofmine.Twenty-fiveyearsago...Ijustfellinlovewithbrains....Idecidedtodedicatemylifetoit.Ithasbeenalongroad,it'supanddown,it'sactuallynotaneasythingtodo,tosayI'mgoingtoworkonlarge-scaletheoriesofbrainfunction.Itwasnotsomethingyoucoulddointhe1980s.Therewasnoplaceyoucouldgo....Nobodywasdoingthelarge-scaletheory.That'schangedinonlyrecentyearsandIs...[閱讀全文]
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JeffHan’sintuitive"interface-free"computerdisplays--controlledbythetouchoffingertips--willchangeforeverthewayyouthinkaboutcomputers.AtTED2006,theaudiencewhistled,clappedandgaspedaudiblyasHandemoed(forthefirsttimepublicly)hisprototypedraftingtable-cum-touchdisplay,developedatNYU'sCourantInstituteofMathematicalSciences.Thedemoincludedavirtuallightbox,wherehemovedphotosbyfingertip--asiftheywerepaper...[閱讀全文]
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KimPeek(bornNovember11,1951),isasavantwithaphotographicoreideticmemoryanddevelopmentaldisabilities,possiblyresultingfromcongenitalbrainabnormalities.HewastheinspirationforthecharacterofRaymondBabbit,playedbyDustinHoffman,inthemovieRainMan.
AccordingtoPeek'sfather,Fran,Peekwasabletomemorizethingsfromtheageof16-20months.Hereadbooks,memorizedthem,andthenplacedthemupsidedownontheshelftoshowth...[閱讀全文]
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ResearchersFindDistinctivePatternsofCancerin5GroupsofAsian-Americans
ByDENISEGRADY
Published:July11,2007
Asian-Americans,boththosebornhereandnewimmigrants,havedistinctivepatternsofcancerincidencethatdoctorsshouldconsiderwhentreatingthem,researchershavefound.
AreportappearingtodayinthejournalCAis“oneofthemostcomprehensivesummariesofcanceramongAsian-Americans,”accordingtotheAm...[閱讀全文]
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ChinaNotSoleSourceofDubiousFood
ByANDREWMARTINandGRIFFPALMER
Published:July12,2007
BlackpepperwithsalmonellafromIndia.CrabmeatfromMexicothatistoofilthytoeat.CandyfromDenmarkthatismislabeled.
AtatimewhenChineseimportsareunderfireforbeingcontaminatedordefective,federalrecordssuggestthatChinaisnottheonlycountrythathasproblemswithitsexports.
Infact,federalinspectorshavestoppedmoref...[閱讀全文]
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Butanewbook:"MoreSexIsSaferSex:TheUnconventionalWisdomofEconomics"suggests(inChapter1):
"It'strue:AIDSisnature'sawfulretributionforourtoleranceofimmoderateandsociallyirresponsiblesexualbehavior.Theepidemicisthepriceofourpermissiveattitudestowardmonogamy,chastity,andotherformsofextremesexualconservatism.
You'vereadelsewhereaboutthesinofpromiscuity.Letmetellyouaboutthesinofself-restrain...[閱讀全文]
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