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...same, and were distinguished mainly by how they were hooked up to each other. It turns out, however, that brain cells, like other cells in the body, show a diverse array of gene expression patterns, meaning that different cells use different genes at different times to perform their complex functions. "Under the microscope, neurons look the same, but in terms of gene expression, it looks like there are differences," says Foltz. "This has opened up whole new fields for cognitive neuroscientists to understand what makes the [neurons] that go to the eye different from the ones that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scientific Breakthroughs from Mice to Men | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

...decision to have children until later in life - or not having them at all. For others, it means accepting a union between a gay or lesbian couple as a family, whether or not the Catholic Church agrees. Still other couples split up and re-form, in ever more complex constellations involving stepchildren and adopted children, as well as co-parents and friends who are co-opted as carers. For better or worse - and these changes all carry economic and emotional consequences - most European adults no longer live their lives in the bosom of a nuclear family. One result of this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nuclear Implosion | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

...years or five seconds?") and what an artist does ("Am I just something that is for people's free time?"). He works hard to convey his ideas, at times folding his slim frame in two as he slides from the sofa to the floor, punctuating his more complex thoughts with "do-you-know-what-I-mean?" said all in one breath. The time theme really gets him rolling: "Art is not part of the culture. Whether it should be is another big question. But it is part of the mainstream of entertainment." Is an artist then just another worker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Question Maker | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

...town. Members of an expanding middle class longing to be homeowners themselves must often move up to 30 km from cities to find affordable housing. "There's some resentment over people being squeezed out," says Belmaheb, who has bought a new vacation apartment in the Residence Chatea complex outside Rabat. "But people know the euro is almighty." For their part, the emigrés don't want to ruin what they came for. "On the one hand, you fear this flow from Europe and development to cater to it may undermine things that make Morocco so special," says Billaux...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Place In The Sun | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

...small but sagacious. Peter Castro's novel The Garden Book and John Hughes' memoir The Idea of Home are but two literary hybrids that have monopolized Australia's recent prize lists. Says publisher and editor Ivor Indyk: "We're always looking for the exotic and the interesting and the complex under the surface of Australian culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crossing the Gulf | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

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