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Neuroscientists have used fMRI to identify three areas of the left side of the brain that play key roles in reading. Scientifically, these are known as the left inferior frontal gyrus, the left parieto-temporal area and the left occipito-temporal area. But for our purposes, it's more helpful...
Automatic massage devices tend to shake you until you're numb. The D.1 ($4,900) is more sophisticated than that. It uses a system of computer-controlled rollers that firmly and methodically press into your back. While that mechanism lulls you into bliss, inflatable air bags squeeze your hands, forearms...
The critical distinction raised in Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s majority opinion in Grutter was the “individualized, holistic review” of each application in the law school’s policy, as opposed to the automatic boost granted by LSA?...
Unlike its much-buzzed-about HBO brethren, the cop drama The Wire was not dubbed an instant cultural phenomenon when it debuted last summer. Not as operatic as The Sopranos, as sleek as Six Feet Under or as trendy as Sex and the City, it was not the kind of...
(2 of 2) Advocates will be fighting to nail down those commitments, because if they don't, the American pledge could wither. Currently the U.S. government has appropriated only $200 million for next year's contribution to the Global Fund. An Administration spokesman said he considered it "unlikely" that other...