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...Westlund happens upon a minor motor vehicle accident on JFK Drive and offers help...
...ones responsible for temperature control, sweating and blood flow) go so out of whack that blowing air across the skin is enough to trigger burning pain. The injured extremity and surrounding tissue can become discolored and, eventually, immobile. Now researchers report two experimental treatments. In one, doctors restore motor activity to the limb with medication continuously delivered through a pump placed under the skin near the spine. In another, an electrode that blocks pain signals, reducing them to a mere tingling sensation, is surgically implanted...
...Pollack and Lipson took a giant step out of the virtual world. After they hooked their computer to a $50,000 commercial plastic model-making machine, it produced actual offspring, not just a model on a computer screen. The only human intervention was installing the robot's little motor and computer-programmed microchip ("neurons...
...abandoned the others in the motor boat and set off in my canoe, casting with a Bush Hog for a time but finally, in a sweet evening light, settling in for a game of silent hide-and-seek with three loons on the empty, mirroring lake...
...outburst was a tad obstreperous, Ford had it coming. Six days before, the company's suave president and CEO Jac Nasser had sailed into the National Press Club in Washington, announcing to reporters, "We're doing things very differently at Ford Motor Company these days." Voluntarily, the company would improve the fuel economy of sport-utility vehicles 25% over five years, he said, saving an average of 1,700 gals. of gas over the life of an average vehicle. "We welcome other automakers to join...