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...people who are resuscitated after cardiac arrest have an NDE. Researchers tend to fall into one of two camps. The first argues that an NDE is a purely physiological phenomenon that occurs within an oxygen-starved brain. "There's nothing mysterious about NDEs," says Mark Mahowald, director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center. "Many people want it to be a religious, paranormal or supernatural phenomenon. The fact that NDEs can be explained scientifically detracts from the mystique...
...dream-like state brought on when crisis in the brain trips a predisposition to a type of sleep disorder. It's an hypothesis that's quickly gathered heavyweight support: "I think Dr. Nelson's REM-intrusion theory to explain NDEs is the actual physiologic explanation," says Minnesota sleep expert Mahowald...
...told the assembled cruciverbalists that “We are going to show you why our tournament is better than Yale’s by bringing on Will Shortz.” Shortz is the editor of the New York Times’s daily crossword, and Kyle A. Mahowald ’09—the Harvard College Crossword Society’s founder and president—interned with him last summer. “Kyle raised the idea of doing a crossword contest at Harvard, and I thought it was a great idea,” said...
Although some might say this sounds like summer camp for adult losers, the decidedly cool Mahowald is still excited. Like all crucaverbalists, he is always up for throwing down...and across...
Cavalier cruciverbalsit Kyle A. Mahowald '09 (see story) was kind enough to construct this puzzle for FM's readers. Kyle says he went easy on us with this...