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What researchers are increasingly discovering is that the human brain may contain much more plasticity than they thought. Understanding how it recovers from injury or compensates for damaged tissue may shed light not only on memory disorders, but also on other conditions, such as Parkinson's or Lou Gehrig's disease, Hyman suggests. "That kind of mental flexibility would be an important component to recovery from any kind of damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Language Skills Ward Off Alzheimer's? A Nuns' Study | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

Leopold said that HBS Dean Jay O. Light's office made the decision to accept more students for the Class...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Business School Enrolls Largest Class Ever | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...interview in late April, Light said that the Business School considered adding a section in 2008, but decided against it after evaluating many factors, including the strength of the job market...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Business School Enrolls Largest Class Ever | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...couple weeks ago, during an interview with Majoor—the founder of the Prostitution Information Center in Amsterdam’s Red Light District—the former sex worker told me that the one reason she decided to become a full-time prostitute was simply because she wanted a dog, a constant source of companionship on the streets, and could not otherwise afford one. But that reason seemed to belie her insistence that the decision to begin a career in prostitution was one she made “as an adult...

Author: By Ahmed N. Mabruk | Title: Red Light | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...official business at hand, the 2009 G-8 is expected to be dominated by discussion over a new form of world governance in light of the global downturn. What's more, there's talk of the need for a better-structured form of dialogue to deal with the likes of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa. Recession? Emerging economies? It's almost as if the annual summit has come full circle from its beginnings back in 1975. For the members of the world's most exclusive club, it must seem like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The G-8 | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

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