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...mind to think scientifically. There's a lot of memorization that goes on in school. You memorize vocabulary words and all these sorts of things. But in science, memorization is not the ticket to understanding, and so, given that fact, why not teach it in a way that fosters insight into the form and structure of the solar system? (See pictures of animals in space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

From a counseling point of view, says Rosen, this type of study may offer a valuable model for other centers, and could lead to additional center-specific studies that offer more insight for infertility patients. "It's an interesting, creative way of presenting the data because you're getting a more accurate representation of the general population that is going through assisted reproductive technology, and of what their success rates are going to be to take home a baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calculating the Odds of a Baby Through IVF | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

...slew of new hybrid and electric vehicles at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. BYD, a Chinese car company, was even on hand to present its own green models. While Toyota showed off its 2010 hybrid Prius and Honda made a splash with its 2010 hybrid Insight--both will hit showrooms this spring--many of Detroit's models were concept cars not intended for production anytime soon. Still, the prototypes from General Motors, Chrysler and Ford emphasized the carmakers' simple message--"We get it"--and were a sign that buyers may soon have more choices when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

...emotion systems in the brain." For most people, her chapters on dogs and cats will be the most immediately rewarding--it never would have occurred to me that one reason cats' emotions are so hard to read is that they have no eyebrows--but there's a world of insight to be gained from her work on farm animals as well as more exotic zoo animals. Grandin shows a startling tenderness as she teases out what's troubling a wolf who couldn't stop pacing and a herd of antelopes who had panic attacks on their daily walks. (The culprit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Our Inner Animal | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

...give you some sort of advantage, but there's probably a dozen other things giving you an advantage, and if you were to focus just on [height], you'd be missing all sorts of great players like Jimmy Connors," Coates says. "You need speed, you need agility, you need insight, you need intelligence - it's the same thing in trading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Successful Traders: The Testosterone Effect | 1/12/2009 | See Source »

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