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Researchers speculate that the greater communication between the two sides | of the brain could impair a woman's performance of certain highly specialized visual-spatial tasks. For example, the ability to tell directions on a map without physically having to rotate it appears stronger in those individuals whose brains restrict the process to the right hemisphere. Any crosstalk between the two sides apparently distracts the brain from its job. Sure enough, several studies have shown that this mental-rotation skill is indeed more tightly focused in men's brains than in women...
...seems to be faltering, and talk of moving the central functions of government to Minsk is dying out. Perhaps disagreements among the various republics are proving too great for any form of union. Perhaps Minsk was just a tactical bluff all along. Or perhaps someone has looked at a map, thought about Chekhov's three sisters yearning for Moscow, and decided that life in Minsk is too high a price to pay for a rhetorical flourish...
...have also fashioned seven atoms into a minuscule beaker in which they can observe chemical reactions at an atomic level, and they devised a working version of a single-atom electronic switch that, in theory, could replace the transistor. Though some of the achievements seem whimsical -- constructing a miniature map of the western hemisphere out of gold atoms, for instance -- such stunts demonstrate a technique that may eventually be used to store computer data on unimaginably small devices...
...certain number if they want to party at a "major rager." An hour before show time, the organizer tapes an answering-machine message telling customers the location. Of course the club promoters play it safe. When teenagers drive to the touted locale, someone will be there -- with a map showing where the party really is. Cost of the map: $20. Don't expect refunds if you get lost -- cash collectors are changed every 15 minutes, just in case the police show...
Tucked into a heavily wooded mountain ridge straddling Loudoun and Clarke counties, Mount Weather remains largely invisible. On Loudoun County's tax map, parcels covering some 434 acres are simply designated "United States of America." Area residents nod knowingly at mention of the facility. "For years residents of Loudoun County have quietly smiled to themselves that if all the other roads in the county were choked with snow and ice, that one road would be practically dry," says Rob Montgomery, a county employee. "Care was always taken that people could get in and out of there...