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General anesthesia - the enabler of modern surgery and medical intervention - is one of the great triumphs of the scientific method. Ether, the compound from which almost all modern anesthetics are derived, was discovered largely by luck and its derivatives through trial and error. As a result, however, much about these drugs remains mysterious. Even today, doctors are baffled as to why exactly anesthetics cause unconsciousness in patients. (See the most common hospital mishaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anesthesia: Could Early Use Affect the Brain Later? | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...wildly seek answers. By trial, by error, by reading, by debating, by daydreaming, by flirting, by midnight talks lounging on roommate’s beds, by dining -hall conversations leaving us wondering where all the good men or women have gone: Is there truth? Will it set us free...

Author: By Rachel L. Wagley | Title: Something More | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...Khazei campaign, despite gaining the support of only four percent of respondents in the recent poll, which claimed an error margin of five percent, also expressed optimism yesterday about the former Currier House Committee chairman’s spot in the race. Citing the fact that 26 percent of individuals in the poll identified themselves as undecided, Dave Jacobson, the press liaison for the Khazei campaign, noted that “the only poll that matters is the poll on Election...

Author: By Andrew Z. Lorey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alumni Lag In Senate Seat Polls | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

Because of an editing error, the original version of this article incorrectly suggested that the entire series Family Guy is a spoof of the sci-fi series Sliders. In fact, just this season?s premiere is a spoof of Sliders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Guy Offers Hyper Animation, in Triplicate | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...first set and wore down Brown toward the end to gain the win. With the score tied 4-4 in the first set, Brown made an outstanding run to quickly extend its lead to 12-5. Harvard rallied and eventually evened the ledger at 19 before a timely Bears error gave the Crimson the lead for good, 22-21. Harvard never trailed in the following two sets to secure a crucial league victory...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Sweeps Before Getting Swept | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

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