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WHAT IT DOES: One of the brain's memory centers. One layer of the hippocampus, the subiculum, helps recognize contexts that represent danger or reward...
...knew the sun was bad for me, but I kept at it well into my 20s before coming to my senses. Does this mean that if I develop wrinkles or skin cancer later in life, I can sue the sun? Or the companies that produce chemicals linked to ozone-layer depletion (and resultant higher UV levels?) Or maybe I should just sue my parents for not locking me in a dark basement for the duration of my adolescence (something I'm sure they considered doing anyway...
...Swedish: A system of long strokes, kneading and friction on the surface layer of muscles. Also involves movement of the joints. The most common form of massage...
...marine foliage, and manta rays the size of tabletops pass below. At 30 meters the narrow, vertical frame of a two meter-long napoleon wrasse slices through the water in search of prey, while barracuda, flashing their vicious teeth, swim by alongside the occasional eel. Each successive layer of marine life draws the diver deeper. The only risk: running out of air before you get to see everything...
...first glimpse of her roots had come two days earlier. Our passenger plane from Thailand dropped through a thick layer of cloud to reveal steep, wrinkled peaks flanking a jade patchwork of paddies. As we whizzed over the treetops to land outside the main town of Jinghong?or in Dai Lue, Chiang Rung, "the city of the dawn"?what looked like dozens of Pizza Huts peeped from the verdure. This was the unique architecture of the Dai?their signature, high-canted roofs perched atop thick teak pillars...