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...after so many years of brain research showing that most of our everyday cognitions result from a complex but observable interaction of proteins and neurons and other mostly uncontrolled cellular activity, how can so many otherwise rational people think dreams should be taken seriously? After all, brain activity isn't mystical but - for the most part - highly predictable...
...result, wind turbines now dot Denmark, the country gets more than 19% of its electricity from the breeze (Spain and Portugal, the next highest countries, get about 10%) and Danish companies control a whopping one-third of the global wind market, earning billions in exports and creating a national champion from scratch. "They were out early in driving renewables, and that gave them the chance to be a technology leader and a job-creation leader," says Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director for the New York City-based Natural Resources Defense Council. "They have always been one or two steps...
...result, it is likely that unrestricted funds—of which tuition is a major component—will make up a larger percentage of FAS’s overall budget...
...This affluent mindset will have to change. The boom did raise the national homeownership rate from 60% to more than 67%, but the bust is bringing it right back down again - probably to less than 60% by the end of the year. As a result, demand for affordable rental units (meaning less than $1,000 a month for two bedrooms in South Florida) is bound to rise. And no amount of empty five-bedroom, three-bath dream houses is going to satisfy...
...into the lush green honeymooners' valley in Pakistan once dubbed the "Switzerland of Asia." But over the past two years, Swat has been turned into a playground for the Taliban. And it may be the Taliban and their fellow Islamists who have the biggest reason to smile as a result of the Pakistani government's decision last week to end its floundering military campaign there and instead accept the Taliban's demand for the imposition of Islamic Shari...