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...that mimicked the action of the general anesthetic ketamine. Starved of calcium, whole portions of the rats' brains died off - enough to cause significant cognitive impairment. In adult rats, the effect was much less severe. "There is something about the young brain that makes it exquisitely sensitive to the loss of calcium," says Turner, who was the first to propose that calcium depletion is a critical first step in drug-induced brain-cell injury...

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

...That's not to say that Thompson's research is the final word on the debate. Indeed, glacier experts have been waging an intellectual war for years over what's really causing the ice loss atop Kilimanjaro. The simplest explanation would be that warming temperatures are making the ice melt - and indeed, Thompson believes this is a big part of what's going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Are Kilimanjaro's Glaciers Fading? | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...have increased, but it doesn't necessarily," says Philip Mote, who heads the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University. "And in fact, the temperature on the summit of Kilimanjaro is essentially always below freezing, which makes it hard to accept warming as the reason [for glacier loss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Are Kilimanjaro's Glaciers Fading? | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...game sets Harvard back in the ECAC hunt, but the team is confident that it can overcome the early loss and right the ship against conference opponents...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Splits New York Road Trip | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

After a tough mid-season loss to Lafayette two weeks ago, the Crimson crushed another Ivy League opponent on Saturday. Harvard football (5-2, 4-0 Ivy) justified its place at the top of the Ancient Eight with a 42-21 victory over Dartmouth (1-6, 1-3) just a week after trouncing Princeton...

Author: By Madeleine Smith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Running Wild | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

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