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...that scientists are finally starting to map the brain with some accuracy, the challenge is figuring out what to do with that knowledge. The possibilities for applying it to the classroom, workplace and doctor's office are tantalizing. "If something is genetic, it means it must be biological. If we can figure out the biology, then we should be able to tweak the biology," says Richard Haier, a psychology professor who studies intelligence at the University of California at Irvine. Maybe Summers' failure was not one of sensitivity but one of imagination...
...does it work? Say you are scanning a list of restaurants online and want to check the location on a map. Instead of copying and pasting the address into a mapping site, you can click right on the address and view a Google-branded map that shows you where the dining spot is. The AutoLink feature directs people to Amazon for books and to Carfax for cars...
...more, since users have to click the AutoLink button on the toolbar each time they want to activate the new links, "it is a user-elected feature," says Marissa Mayer, Google's director of consumer Web products. Mayer says the company plans to give users more say. The map feature allows people to select Yahoo or MapQuest, though Google Maps is the default setting...
...Ohio, and Buffalo, N.Y., have had to cut pay, eliminate positions or shorten the season. The sour notes stem from aging and diminishing audiences as well as insufficient endowments and rising administrative, production and health-care costs. Philadelphia Orchestra management once referred to the skyrocketing costs as "a road map to extinction." An overstatement perhaps, but the chords are growing more ominous. --By Jeremy Caplan
...second issue, due out later this semester, will explore the theme “beat.” The group has developed a concept for a CD-ROM that would feature an interactive multimedia map. Clicking on one spot on the map might lead you to a song crafted by a beat-minded Present! member, while another will cause a piece of interactive animation...