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...caused by a powerful blow to the head -- that can result in vertigo, disorientation and momentary unconsciousness, or even permanent memory loss, coma and death. Dr. Robert Cantu, a neurosurgeon at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, explains that when the head is hit, "the brain is shaken in the cranium much like Jell-O in a bowl...
...what's to cheer about? Well, one can always celebrate the sheer presence of extraordinary individual achievement. Mientka notes that several of his charges solved their problems in ways unanticipated by the judges. "You can almost see what happened in their cranium," he says. "And it's quite amazing. The point is, gosh, how could a student ever think of this...
Neuroscientists Antonio and Hanna Damasio and three collaborators analyzed the battered 170-year-old skull of one Phineas Gage, whose cranium had been preserved as an object of medical fascination. Gage was a reliable fellow, well regarded by his workmates on the Rutland and Burlington Railroad. But on Sept. 13, 1848, while using explosives to prepare Vermont's craggy terrain for track, he suffered a hideous accident. Briefly distracted, the 25-year-old foreman triggered a premature explosion that launched a pointed iron rod, thick as a broomstick, right through his skull. The rod rocketed through his face, excising...
...determining the age of fossilized extinct mammals that crop up nearby. The two fossils cited in the new Science paper were originally dated that way. The "Mojokerto child," a juvenile skullcap found in 1936, was estimated to be about 1 million years old. And a crushed face and partial cranium from Sangiran were judged a bit younger...
Actually, as of the Lafayette game, Ramer was the only one with a completely bald cranium. Ellis has an H shaved in the back of his head and a long stubble covers Andre scalp...