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Finally, in addition to all the other reasons to eat fruits and vegetables, there are some that relate to the brain. The pigments that account for the varied colors of vegetables and fruits have antioxidant properties that offer significant protection against cancer and other chronic diseases, as well as protection from a range of environmental toxins, including pesticides. Toxic injury to the brain is almost certainly the cause of Parkinson's disease, and probably amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). For that reason alone, it's a good idea to eat every day from as many parts...
...option ? LORRI - A high-resolution telescope and camera capable of detecting features about the size of a football field ? REX - Uses radio waves to analyze the atmosphere and determine night-side temperature ? ALICE - Analyzes ultraviolet light to determine atmospheric composition ? RALPH - Makes color maps of the surfaces of Pluto and Charon and uses infrared measurements to determine surface composition ? SDC - Built by students in Colorado, this instrument will count and measure dust particles in space throughout the journey...
...will also be a time to re-examine the contradictions and conflicting interpretations of his brief 35-year life. He has been cast in many roles: the infant prodigy paraded around European courts by his father, Leopold; the foulmouthed brat whose letters attest to a fondness for off-color practical jokes. One widespread misconception has him buried in a pauper's grave in Vienna's St. Marx Cemetery. Another unproven legend, given widespread credence thanks to the hit movie Amadeus, depicts him as the victim of his jealous court rival Antonio Salieri. Fervent admirers have argued that he was divinely...
...with his wife was about public policy. “We were both grad students. I was at MIT, and she was at Harvard at the Kennedy School,” he recalls over a Greenhouse Café salad in his Littauer Center office, where economics journals of every color are crammed onto massive shelves and complicated formulas are scribbled on a chalkboard...
...realize that the U.S. capital boasts a second tier of smaller, more specialized museums that are equally fascinating and often possess distinct advantages over their bigger, better-known brethren. For starters, they are less crowded, and are often inexpensive or free. In these institutions, adventurous tourists can find colorful, offbeat exhibits highlighting world-class collections, in some cases the only ones of their kind. Los Angeles resident Mimi Donaldson, 57, regards herself as something of an aficionado of museums. But when, on a recent business trip, she toured Washington's International Spy Museum, tel: (1-202) 393-7798; www.spymuseum.org...