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WHAT THIS MEANS Some memory loss is inevitable with age, but the improvements shown in the study suggest that at least some lapses can be held off, in part by protecting the brain with mental stimulation and keeping the heart healthy, which enhances circulation and keeps neurons active...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senior Memories | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...realize they work at, shop at and invest in multinational corporations. Nader's huge problem is that you can't demand financial honesty from politicians when you can't be honest yourself. Nader just can't admit that he's at least a little responsible for Gore's loss. And that he may have gotten it at least a little wrong when he said there wasn't much difference between Bush and Gore. Bush, it turns out, isn't boring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Sorry Is This Guy? | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...where even the summers are filled with high-stakes science. For example, freshman Ryan Elmquist will be mixing molecules for a Nobel Prize--winning chemist this summer. ("Ryan is going to be loving proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy," says the grad student supervising Elmquist's work.) Even a crushing loss can be something of an escape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Pasadena | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...disorder most discussed in the context of these debates) not experience any benefit from taking this type of medication, but they might experience any number of these medications’ undesirable side effects, which include insomnia, constipation, diarrhea, muscle pain, increased sweatiness, nausea, constant fatigue, extreme weight gain, memory loss, decreased sexual desire, and inability to orgasm. (Let people who question the reality of depression note that people who take antidepressants decide that living with these pretty awful side effects is better than living with depression.) No one would choose to take these medications just for kicks...

Author: By Emily R. Kaplan | Title: An Ignorant Argument | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...Although the writers have generally been able to air whatever they wished, the response from audiences has not always been positive. “The Simpsons” has been banned in France ever since an episode was based there in the first season. Reiss was philosophical about this loss. “It’s not a hit in France,” he said. “Because the French suck.” While entertaining the packed Beren Hall at Hillel, Reiss revealed that half of the show’s writers are Harvard graduates...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Finding Homer After Harvard | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

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