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...August, a team of scientists at Northwestern University were the first to show why the brain's "memory function" fails in the face of an insulin shortage. The group's prior research had already pinpointed the culprit: toxic proteins called amyloid beta-derived diffusible ligands (ADDLs, for short), which are known to pile up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's. Scientists also knew that Alzheimer's patients' brains have lower levels of insulin and are insulin resistant. But what the Northwestern team discovered is the molecular mechanism behind that resistance: when ADDLs bind to neurons at synapses, they...
...middle-borns and 23% are last-borns. Eldest siblings are disproportionately represented among surgeons and M.B.A.s too, according to Stanford University psychologist Robert Zajonc. And a recent study found a statistically significant overload of firstborns in what is-or at least ought to be-the country's most august club: the U.S. Congress. "We know that birth order determines occupational prestige to a large extent," says Zajonc. "There is some expectation that firstborns are somehow better qualified for certain occupations...
...America’s 1994 New Fashion Talent of the year, and 1997 Menswear designer of the year, his collections of ironic preppy androgyny were absolutely groundbreaking. Of his highly influential and landmark “Noble Savage” collection , he told The New York Times on August 3, 1993 that it was for a man “daydreaming about cashing in his Gucci loafers for a lean-to on Easter Island...
...such engagement: the ceremony of the day was not about an exchange between faculty and students. It was about a University leader who pledged to “recognize our accountability to the wider world”—a wider world that includes students. Though an august institution, Harvard still needs constant reminding of the central role that students play in its present and future. Petersen’s choice to use polemical, inflammatory, and divisive language on a day meant to celebrate the unity and greatness of Harvard, likely alienated the many faculty and administrators who agree...
This infection could be traced back halfway around the globe to the Arctic, where a new competition for sovereignty heated up this summer even as the ice cap shrank, at an ever-accelerating pace, to an alarming new minimum. There it was Russia and its jingoistic jaunt in August to the Arctic Ocean floor at the North Pole that inspired Canada, the United States, Denmark and Norway to freshen up their own claims to the Arctic. Considerable - but still largely uncharted - oil and gas deposits are the attraction, and they become ever more enticing as prices for petroleum soar...