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...dreams from a different angle. An argument that resonates with many is that whatever the explanation for dreaming, humans must do it for the same reason that all mammals have done it for more than 100 million years; any theory must make as much sense when applied to a rabbit as to a person. In the same Darwinian vein, sleeping and dreaming must serve important functions because they're vulnerable states and natural selection would have eliminated them if they didn't provide compensating benefits. In the ancestral environment, human life was short and perilous; ever-lurking predators threatened survival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: While You Were Sleeping | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...couldn't resist reminding us that the species Bison bison is not a true buffalo [March 26]. I don't understand the zeal for upholding this distinction when similar misidentities are usually ignored. For example, the pronghorn antelope is really not an antelope, and the jackrabbit is not a rabbit. Let's give bison a rest and let the buffalo roam--along with other common usages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Apr. 16, 2007 | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...spree," says Cowell, who premiered his first play, Men, at Sydney's shoebox-sized Old Fitzroy Theatre in 2000. "I have so much that I need to get out." Six plays on, and three major awards later (2001's Patrick White Award for Bed, 2003's Griffin Award for Rabbit, and 2005's Philip Parsons Award for the forthcoming Ruben Guthrie), Cowell should rattle the main-stage rafters with Self Esteem. A carnivalesque comedy set in the near future when Australian families are subject to in-house lifestyle consultants called CHADs, Cowell was inspired by the upsurge of Pentecostal churches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding Self Esteem | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

...actually have a bunch of Pfohosers in front with a bouncer list,” Rosenblum said—pun probably intended. However, not all Houses prepared for the big day with such intensity. Leverett House, for one, stuck to the reliable T-shirts and goodie bags with rabbit candies, representing the House’s mascot, according to new Leverett resident Azeemah Kola ’10. But, she added, spectacle wasn’t her primary concern. “I’m actually really happy because I really just wanted to be on the River...

Author: By Aditi Banga and Victoria B. Kabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: House Spirit Welcomes Freshmen | 3/23/2007 | See Source »

...actually have a bunch of Pfohosers in front with a bouncer list,” Rosenblum said—pun probably intended. However, not all Houses prepared for the big day with such intensity. Leverett House, for one, stuck to the reliable T-shirts and goodie bags with rabbit candies, representing the House’s mascot, according to new Leverett resident Azeemah Kola ’10. But, she added, spectacle wasn’t her primary concern. “I’m actually really happy because I really just wanted to be on the River...

Author: By Aditi Banga and Victoria B. Kabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Mascots and Face Paint: Housing Day | 3/23/2007 | See Source »

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