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Tononi and a growing number of other scientists believe that sleep - not just in flies but also in higher-order mammals - may perform such a pressure-releasing role. During sleep, researchers theorize, the brain actively prunes the neural network laid out during waking hours, trimming away weaker connections that haven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Good Is Sleep? New Lessons from the Fruit Fly | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

That makes sense for a human. But exactly how much new information does a fruit fly acquire in a day? How complex could Drosophila's world be that it actually needs shut-eye to recharge its brain? You'd be surprised. For a fly, its brief, two-month life can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Good Is Sleep? New Lessons from the Fruit Fly | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

Roche recently bought Genentech (DNA), a company in which it was already the largest shareholder. That deal was not just about firing. Biotech operations like Genentech are the next generation of pharma companies. Roche wants in on that action. It had the tremendous advantage of only having to buy part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Renaissance for Big Acquisitions | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

Rumor has it that tunnels exist below Harvard Square, connecting each House in a large web-like maze. Acquire access to these tunnels. It will be like Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, except without the basilisk (just beware of giant cockroaches).

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Race to the River | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

All work and no play? Not with Harvard coach Jay Weiss and the Crimson wrestling team. When first told a feature would be written about him in the paper, Weiss chuckled, asking, “Who put you up to this?”Apparently pranks and jokes are common...

Author: By Kerry E. Kartsonis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Weiss Brings Sense of Fun to Harvard | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

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