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...science to resolve festering public debates. Everyone sees something different--like 100 people finding shapes in clouds. By the time they make up their minds, the clouds have drifted beyond the horizon. But scientists who have spent their lives studying sex differences in the brain (some of whom defend Summers and some of whom dismiss him as an ignoramus) generally concede that he was not entirely wrong. Thanks to new brain-imaging technology, we know there are indeed real differences between the male and the female brain, more differences than we would have imagined a decade ago. "The brain...
...teenage pregnancies, more widespread use of contraception, abstinence programs and cultural shifts toward sexual restraint among young women. None of these strategies separately is a panacea, but each has a part to play. So what's the new pro-choice line? Let's keep up the progress. Let's defend the right to an abortion while doing all we can to ensure that fewer and fewer women exercise it. Leave the contentious issue of Roe v. Wade for one minute, quit the ideological bickering about when life begins for a while, take down the barricades, and craft a strategy that...
DIED. ROBERT KEARNS, 77, feisty inventor of intermittent windshield wipers, who took on automotive giants to defend his patents; of cancer; in Sykesville, Md. Kearns battled Ford and Chrysler all the way to the Supreme Court, winning $30 million in settlements but never peace of mind...
...John H. Marburger III, seems to be having trouble with Bush’s disregard for the future of scientific research in America. He is certain that Bush “really believes that science is important,” but the best he could come up with to defend the science budget was the assertion that although the budget is “austere, we are not going backward.” Sadly, we are not going forward either...
...thought our penalty kill was really solid,” Donato said. “I thought we were in sync and did what we were trying to do to defend what is a very dangerous power play...