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...shimmering in paintings is caused by this very discrepancy between the color-sensitive and color-insensitive parts of the brain. The effect seems magical to the viewer but is based on simple neuroscientific principles...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Neurobiology Looks To Shed Light On Vision, Art | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...European Union member states to sign the Lisbon Treaty, removing the final hurdle for its passage. The charter, intended to consolidate and strengthen the E.U.'s governance, calls for Europe's first full-time President, a new foreign policy chief and a new voting system. It could go into effect as early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

Caplan says she is looking forward to the unorthodox combination of instruments, especially in a venue of this size. “It’s going to be a really cool effect because you have 24 musicians on stage and everyone is doing something...very different,” she said...

Author: By SOFIE C. BROOKS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hopped Off a Plane at LAX... | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...Lisbon Treaty, which comes into effect on Dec. 1, will allow the E.U. to streamline many of its voting and decision-making procedures to alleviate the bureaucratic tangles that slow the organization down. It will also create a European Council president and a new foreign policy chief and strengthen the powers of the European Parliament. (See pictures behind the scenes of Obama in Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Treaty Ratified, the E.U. Turns to Picking Its Leader | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...nearly as large as the massive demonstrations that were staged in June to protest the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Nor are they enough to pose a direct challenge to the government, which has overwhelming control over the streets and national security. But they are having an effect far beyond the skirmishes in Tehran, pushing the Iranian government into a harder and harder line against its internal foes and into confrontation with the West. (Read about how Tehran is bracing for a new round of political protests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Iran, New Protests, but an Ever Harder Line | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

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