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...both socially engaged and physically fit. Scientists also know that it's good to give the brain a workout. Studies show that software can improve targeted brain operations like focusing, attention and peripheral vision. But what researchers don't know is whether pricey computer programs work better than an old-fashioned crossword puzzle...
...well-documented way to slow memory decline is through plain old aerobic exercise, says Art Kramer, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Illinois, who found that six months of walking for about an hour three times a week improved memory, attention and decision making among study participants, whose average age was 72. "Physical activity appears to be neuroprotective," Kramer says. (See TIME's video about fitness gadgets...
...Sarah Palin came closer to the finish line than any women in history. But you would be wrong, says Washington Post White House reporter Anne E. Kornblut. The 2008 election, she writes, may actually have been one of the worst things ever for women in U.S. politics: "It revived old stereotypes, divided the women's movement, drove apart mothers and daughters, and set back the cause of equality in the political sphere by decades." Clinton and Palin suffered brutal personal attacks during their campaigns, venom that Kornblut ascribes to sexism. Won over by Barack Obama, young women failed to appreciate...
...township fall below the poverty line, more than a quarter have HIV, and most survive by clinging to government grants. Orphaned at 16, she had to leave school to support herself. Last February, a woman from a neighboring town offered to find work for her and her 15-year-old best friend, Elizabeth, who, like Sindiswa, was poor but was also desperate to escape her violent older sister. (I have changed Elizabeth's name to protect her identity...
...Kessler was back in net and up to her old tricks for Harvard last night with her only blemish coming with under seven minutes to play and the game already decided. Colgate’s Krista Dermott recovered the puck after a shot ricocheted off Kessler’s pads and then rifled it past the 2008 ECAC Goaltender of the Year, making the score 5-1 with minutes remaining...