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...role of calcium in the healthy brain is critical, particularly in young children, whose brains undergo rapid neural development from the last trimester in utero up through ages 1 to 2. Infants' brains expand quickly, then ruthlessly prune back brain cells - a process of orderly cell death, known as apoptosis. In an experiment in young rats undergoing this crucial stage of neural development, Christopher Turner, an assistant professor of neurobiology and anatomy at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, witnessed out-of-control apoptosis in the brains of rats treated with drugs that mimicked the action of the general anesthetic...

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

Sheeleigh made her presence known with the equalizer in the 20th minute, when, after a well-placed corner kick, she found the loose ball and launched it into the net. Harvard continued to get chances, but converting them proved difficult, and the Crimson ended the first half tied...

Author: By Charlie Cabot, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Clinches Title Spot With Win Over Big Green | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...have been the victim of violent crime and understand what it is like to be afraid to walk around public spaces,” he wrote. “Over the years, I have also known many young men and women who have been lost to gun violence in Boston’s neighborhoods...

Author: By Louis R. Evans, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gun Violence Guru Receives Award | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...dead bride, also known as Margaret Pena, is 13 years old and one of the students involved in Mission Hill After School—a tutoring and mentoring program that serves students in two housing projects in Mission Hill...

Author: By Zoe A.Y. Weinberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: For Kids, Treats No Trick | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...Still, Reid is pushing ahead with Schumer's plan, and it will be many weeks' worth of amendments before it is known if Democrats have the votes to pass it. Even if it fails, says Senator Nelson, Schumer will have no problem adapting to the political reality. "Chuck is the most pragmatic man I've ever met," Nelson says with a laugh. Yet it's clear that Schumer is a long way off from calling his public option a lost cause just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Chuck Schumer Push a Public Option Through? | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

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