Word: capes
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...thing-that they're underpinned by the same physiological processes. REM became known as "dreaming sleep," but that is almost certainly an oversimplification. "Sadly, there's an authoritative school of thought that will not let go of this idea," says Mark Solms, professor of neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. "As a discipline we've been lost because we've been conflating...
...Solms, who believes science is getting closer to answering the key questions about dreaming, is leading two studies at the University of Cape Town with that goal in mind. One involves using functional magnetic resonance imaging to try to disentangle the REM brain from the dreaming brain. He wants to obtain images of the dreaming/non-dreaming brain at sleep onset and note the differences between the two. "If we can image what's going on at that point, then we'll get a clear handle on what mechanisms are important for dreaming as opposed to REM sleep," says Solms, who predicts...
...with South Africa (he left before Cronje's admissions) and Pakistan in a book he was writing? His wife and the book's co-author say that last idea is nonsense, that the book was about coaching techniques, not corruption. But former South African captain Clive Rice told a Cape Town newspaper he had "absolutely no doubt" that Woolmer was killed because of what he knew...
...death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer as a murder case, the kitschy marketing jingle has taken on a note of brutal irony. How could the noble, gentle game of cricket lead to murder? Who would want to kill a coach respected and adored by players and fans from Cape Town to Karachi? What happened to all that love and unity...
...Britain, an E.U. country that has spurned the euro and kept its pound sterling. Wouldn't a comparison of economic conditions in Britain and those in other E.U. nations tell us something about whether the common currency is to blame for some of the ills mentioned? Alan Campbell, Cape Town, South Africa...