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...memory loss as they aged than people without migraines did. True, the migraine sufferers generally had worse short- and long-term memory to begin with. "But this is not what we would have expected," says Amanda Kalaydjian, a researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and the lead author on the study, published in the Apr. 24 issue of Neurology. It suggests there could be some biochemical process in the brain that both causes migraines and limits cognitive degeneration. However, it's also possible, Kalaydjian says, that people with migraine might have been forced by their condition to make...
...news for the new Pontiff - and an unexpected one, given that the decline has been going on since records began in 1872. "The surprise is the stabilization of the number of Catholics," said Marcelo Neri, an economist at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, a top Rio business school who helped author a study based on the government data. "Catholics haven't attracted more faithful, but they are no longer losing their flock...
Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and renowned expert on eternal suffering, once observed: “Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness in which there is no love.” He forgot about the Morse Media Room and the jejune dioramas discussing the relationship between music and math. I mean to say without equivocation that Lamont Library is the worst place I have ever been, or could ever conceive of visiting...
Clearly, the Alt TIME 100 is more relevant. Compared with 2% of the regular TIME 100, 22% of the Alt TIME 100 have starred on a reality show. To my amazement, Ahmadinejad appeared on our list but not on the TIME 100. And while the TIME 100 picked the author of The Secret for some sort of reason besides making fun of her, the Alt TIME...
...real magic of the TIME 100 is the pairings. We match author and subject so that the former can offer special insight on the latter. We have Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, writing about why Nancy Pelosi, the first woman Speaker, is a historic figure. Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest heroes of the 20th century, talks about why Oprah Winfrey is a hero to him. Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith writes about his respect for rival coach Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts, this year's Super Bowl winner. Martin Scorsese talks about why Leonardo DiCaprio...