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Neuroimaging studies confirm what scientists long suspected: autistic brains don't react to facial cues the way normal brains do. But in one regard the conventional wisdom was wrong. In a breakthrough study, Karen Pierce at the University of California at San Diego has shown that when faces of strangers are replaced by faces of loved ones, the autistic brain lights up like an explosion of Roman candles...
...country by the military government, had been invited in. As TIME went to press, what had been strongly rumored for days?that Suu Kyi would be freed, and details of an agreement between her and the junta announced?had yet to occur. But all the signs pointed to a breakthrough delayed, not denied. "We are certain she will be released," said NLD vice chairman Tin Oo, "but we can't say when...
...even say film? Lucas seems to want to make that word obsolete: Clones is by far the most ambitious movie to be shot and, in certain theaters, exhibited with digital technology. For a movie industry that has been slow to embrace digital filmmaking, Clones heralds a breakthrough that Lucas compares with the advent of sound and the arrival of color. The whizzes at Lucasfilm, Panavision and Sony blended their expertise to devise sophisticated lenses and cameras that enable digital images to replace traditional 35-mm film. The result is an astoundingly clear image that lends a hyperreal glamour...
...BUBBLE BREAKTHROUGH In the first clear win for gene therapy, French doctors report that they have successfully treated four boys with "bubble boy" disease, the immune-system disorder so devastating that its victims spend their lives confined in germ-free isolation. It was 2 1/2 years ago that doctors first repaired the genetic mutation that kept the children from producing healthy infection-fighting cells, and today the kids are still thriving. It was a dramatic coup for a therapy that has had more than its share of failures...
...expect a breakthrough. Israeli officials say they plan to hold their positions in Ramallah and Bethlehem until the surrender of Palestinian militants believed to be holed up there. And even after Israeli troops leave, they may go back into West Bank towns to stage "pinpoint operations" against terrorists trying to regroup. But the Israeli offensive may only invite a more savage Palestinian response. Militants belonging to al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades told TIME they are preparing to avenge last week's arrest of top Arafat deputy Marwan Barghouti. And they believe the U.S. should share the pain. "Now," says a senior...