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...might not expect. Some of the most dramatic differences are not just in our brains but also in our eyes, noses and ears--which feed information to our brains. Still, almost none of those differences are static. The brain is constantly changing in response to hormones, encouragement, practice, diet and drugs. Brain patterns fluctuate within the same person, in fact, depending on age and time of day. So while Summers was also right that more men than women make up the extreme high--and low--scorers in science and math tests, it's absurd to conclude that the difference...
...Tennessee, warned that if Republicans nominate another Washington "insider" like Dole or Senator Phil Gramm of Texas, protest votes will flow to the third-party candidate and deliver the White House to Clinton in "a rerun of 1992." Meanwhile, Charles Black, chairman of the Gramm campaign, sipped a Diet Coke and tried to do his bill paying while watching Perot's announcement, but had to put the checkbook aside and take notes. "By the end of the show," he said, "I'd written down a dozen potential election-law violations" in Perot's announced plans...
...farm subsidies are facing a 5% cut under Bush's plan. But farmers are a powerful constituency in the red states. Because the Senate, apportioned by states rather than population, is skewed toward rural interests, the President will face an uphill battle to put these sacred cows on a diet...
...supply-side thinking, American style. Merge or Purge? The consumer-products industry seems to be on a binge-purge cycle. After Procter & Gamble last month gobbled up Gillette for $57 billion, it looked like bulking up was the new fad. But its rival Sara Lee went on a crash diet last week, unveiling plans to spin off or sell a string of businesses - including Meats Europe, its packaged-meat division that houses the Aoste brand - worth around 40% of the firm's revenues. Investors liked the slimmed-down look; shares climbed 4% on the news. Where does that leave rival...
...diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids and uridine can--at least in rats. These mood molecules are found in fish, walnuts and molasses and are as effective as drugs in treating depression in rodents. People too, probably: fish-eating cultures tend to have lower rates of depression...