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...precisely how elaborate that tactile system is, nor exactly how it operates. But in research that will be published in the Feb. 28 issue of Neuron, investigators at MIT have come up with an imaginative tool for finding out: high-speed video technology that works at 3,200 frames per second - approximately 100 times faster than home video. "There were hypotheses before," says Christopher Moore, member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and senior author of the study. "But now we can actually see how these whiskers work and what they are sensing...
...measured by size alone, the Spanish family has seen better days: until 1996 Spain had the lowest fertility rate in Europe. The rate has actually started to inch back upward, from a low of 1.16 live births per woman in 1996 to 1.38 in 2006. That minor uptick is linked to larger immigrant families, but also to children of Spain's early-1970s baby boom starting to have kids of their own. It's not enough, though, to maintain the population level, so Parliament last year approved a $3,700 "baby bonus" subsidy for each child born...
...willing to bet at least 15 per cent of the votes were from outside Harvard,” said Mr. Harvard Freshman himself, Siddhant S. Singh ’11. And considering Singh’s estimate that a thousand of his votes came from home, Mumbai, India must be in a frenzy...
...also set records for most long balls in a single game (3) and most bases in a game (15), during a come-from-behind win over Boston College. Murphy led the team with a .350 batting average and finished the year ranked third in the nation in homeruns per game (.390). The graduation of captain Julia Kidder at shortstop and second-basemen Lauren Brown left a gap in the middle infield that may be the only chink in Harvard’s experienced armor. Or, maybe not.“Lauren Brown and Julia Kidder are fantastic leaders?...
...stream. He has a more ambitious vision for the country. Lee says he wants to put in place programs that will create three million jobs over his five-term in office, as well as return Korea to 7% annual growth and put in place programs to double annual average per capita income to $40,000 over the next decade. His to-do list also includes cutting corporate and property taxes, reducing business regulations, shrinking the size of government and luring more foreign investment. Even before taking office, he announced plans to eliminate a handful of ministries, including the Ministry...