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Suppose Steve Pinker contracts a terrible progressive brain disease that destroys his nervous system from the outside in--he starts going numb and then deaf and blind and unable to control his muscles. But then neuroscience comes to the rescue, replacing each portion of his nervous system as it disintegrates with a suitably interfaced prosthesis made of silicon and wire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brain: A Clever Robot | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

...back's final lesson is simple yet falls on deaf ears in a league full of showboaters: Don't hog the spotlight. Are you listening, Terrell Owens? "I don't like the attention," Tomlinson says. "It's annoying at times." Although he would still be the league's top player on almost any other team, LT showers constant praise on his teammates, and the endless accolades he receives cause him consternation. When the best player in football suppresses his ego, how can anyone else call attention to himself? "It's learned behavior," says Chargers tight end Antonio Gates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Back Ever | 1/5/2007 | See Source »

...Alan Arkin scored a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his soulful performance as a deaf-mute silversmith in the drama The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Almost forty years and dozens of film roles later, there is renewed Oscar speculation surrounding Arkin, this time for his role as a foul-mouthed, drug-snorting grandpa in the indie Little Miss Sunshine, out this week on DVD. The acerbic actor chatted with TIME's Carolina A. Miranda about why he doesn't give a hoot about the Oscars, his passion for New Mexico and how we humans are wrecking the planet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Alan Arkin | 12/21/2006 | See Source »

...GOOD SHEPHERD Stressed-out Damon finds solace in trustworthy deaf love interest Tammy Blanchard THE DEPARTED Stressed-out Damon finds solace in trustworthy therapist love interest Vera Farmiga...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 18, 2006 | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...distract us, we are forced to face the obvious truth that Christina & Co. are musically uninteresting and lyrically vapid. While you should feel free to enjoy “Hurt” for the circus, don’t expect to like the whole package unless you are a) deaf, b) a twelve-year-old boy, or c) both...

Author: By Teddy R. Sherrill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Christina Aguilera, "Hurt" | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

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