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There is also preliminary evidence suggesting that a diagnosis of MCI can be confirmed with a magnetic-resonance scan of the brain. Typically, in cases of what turns out to be pre-Alzheimer's MCI, these images will reveal that the hippocampus, a central portion of the brain associated with short-term memory, is somewhat smaller than normal or even rather shrunken in appearance...
...know? Thanks to Web-tracking software that can trace your every click, Web-trend watchers are fully aware of your foibles. Scan research firm Media Metrix's list of sites people spend the most time on each month--known as "sticky" sites--and you'll discover that 7 of the top 10 destinations are for online games, such as sweepstakes, bingo and chess. There's pogo.com a hub for virtual card and other games; simslots.com a site where slot-machine junkies can win up to $5,000 each month; and bingo.com the decidedly old-wave site that hooks people...
...clips show is network television's version of a liver spot, the mark of old age on long-running programs great and small. For viewers, the chance to scan some vintage bits can be a guilty pleasure, but it can be painful for a fan to watch, because the appearance of a clips show serves notice that the series is mortal after all, and starting (like the viewers) to take an awful lot of trips to the bathroom...
THUMBS UP Entrepreneurs have wasted no time in seizing the business opportunity created by the Florida chad debacle. On Capitol Hill last week, Identix and EDS demonstrated a voting system that works only after you've verified your identity with a fingerprint scan. Since most voters haven't been fingerprinted, the first users are likely to be the roughly 2.5 million military personnel whose prints are on file...
...When you're conducting an emergency blow as an exercise, you're supposed first to make very sure there's nothing above you. So you come up to 50 or 60 feet below the surface and use your sonar to scan the area, and make a visual check using your periscope. You then go back down to 300 or 400 feet, and launch the emergency procedure. Getting back down takes about five minutes, and something could conceivably move into your path in that time. But your periscope is supposed to give you extended visibility of the area, and your sonar...