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...dogma would have predicted, S.R.D. learned to see. Her case, described in the December issue of Psychological Science, is forcing scientists to rethink their long-held beliefs about vision. "There is a critical period for perfect acuity," says Pawan Sinha, associate professor of neuroscience at M.I.T. and a co-author of the paper. "But there is not a critical period for learning to do complex visual tasks...
Important as the project has been to neuroscience, says Yuri Ostrovsky, a graduate student at M.I.T. and lead author of the paper, "the best thing about it is the humanitarian aspect." Project Prakash has funded about half a dozen mobile eye camps--teams of ophthalmologists that travel to remote areas of the country and provide eye care. The concept itself isn't new, but unlike other camps, these are aimed just at children...
...reign, Saddam kept the Shi'ites firmly under his thumb. Several popular clerics were killed, including Muqtada's father. Saddam ordered the murder of Sunnis too, but there was a crucial difference. "When Saddam killed a Sunni, it was personal--because of something that person had done," says author Nasr. "But when it came to killing Shi'ites, he was indiscriminate. He didn't need a specific reason. Their being Shi'ite was enough...
...author argues that Truman supported the partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states so that he could secure Jewish backing for his 1948 reelection bid. According to Perret, Truman’s decision to recognize Israeli independence was a unilateral move made despite “strong opposition to partition within the [U.N.] Security Council.” Perret charges that Jews favored partition because they knew it would lead to a war that they would...
...ALIVE or Even kill Her.” Books bestow a certain legitimacy on their subject matter, giving lower-rung celebrities the validation they lack. Authordom and celebritydom have always had a thriving relationship. It used to be that the literary stars were part of the glittering social elite. Authors like Truman Capote gained access to a whirlwind life of cocktails, beautiful women, and beautiful men because of their writing. But such a life no longer exists for overweight Southern authors. We now have different standards for our celebrities, and an over-fondness for Krispy Kremes is a dealbreaker. Today?...