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...display," says Bartsch. "They resonate with viewers in a different way." He adds that "museums all around the world ship fragile, irreplaceable, priceless objects every day" - far more delicate items like the Dead Sea Scrolls and China's terra-cotta soldiers have been carted to and fro repeatedly without harm. Ian Tattersall, with New York City's American Museum of Natural History, agrees that the Houston exhibit has value. "You can make the same intellectual point with replicas, but I don't think you can make the same emotional point," says Tattersall, who is currently working on a comprehensive document...
...comes to learning, and that applies to becoming a prodigy as well. Popular videos such as the Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby series have attracted millions of parents eager to give their babies an intellectual leg up. But a recent study shows that these products may be doing more harm than good. Experts at the University of Washington reported early in August that for every hour each day that infants watched the kaleidoscope of changing images and music on these DVDs, they understood an average of seven fewer words than babies who did not use such products. "The assumption...
...major international charity has decided to turn down millions of dollars worth of grain from the U.S. government to feed the world's hungry because it believes America's method of delivering vital food supplies does more harm than good...
...terrorist attack), the healthier it will be afterward. As we learned the hard way in New Orleans, the opposite is also true. But if we invest in strong levees, roads and rails, then even inevitable calamities will have fewer consequences. We will be able to move people out of harm's way, get help to victims and go to work. Solid infrastructure, in other words, can be the ultimate force multiplier. [This article contains a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy...
...discovered in other people lie in my own mind, too,” Banaji said. “It really brings about an enormous humility...it’s something that brings understanding and realization—that people who don’t intend to do harm might still be doing...