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...mother using cocaine during pregnancy may not be as devastating as we once thought--and, says a new study in J.A.M.A., may even be mitigated by good parenting. Studying 376 preschoolers, researchers found that youngsters who were exposed to cocaine in utero scored slightly lower on tests of visual-spatial skills, general knowledge and math skills than nonexposed kids. But drug-exposed children who were placed in nurturing foster or adoptive care--or whose caregivers had rich vocabularies--had IQs similar to children whose mothers never took drugs...
...mathematics of string theory gives rise to the almost unfathomable possibility that the universe may have more than three spatial dimensions. After an experimentally induced collision of particles, energy may be lost to the extra eight predicted dimensions, Greene explains, emphasizing the point by smashing his fists together and transforming his fingers into the extra dimensions. This way, it may be possible to indirectly “see” these missing dimensions...
...witnessing a shift within the African Diaspora, where we are rapidly moving towards two separate and unequal camps: the black elite and the black underclass. The much-celebrated black elite enjoys access to power and prestige that blacks have heretofore been denied, while the black underclass, victims of spatial isolation and concentrated poverty, are consistently plagued by violence and resource deprivation. Whereas the black elite roams the halls of power, the black underclass becomes even more removed from politics, and indeed life—committing themselves to a nihilistic alienation characterized by behaviors and attitudes that fluctuate along a thin...
...witnessing a shift within the African Diaspora, where we are rapidly moving towards two separate and unequal camps: the black elite and the black underclass. The much-celebrated black elite enjoys access to power and prestige that blacks have heretofore been denied, while the black underclass, victims of spatial isolation and concentrated poverty, are consistently plagued by violence and resource deprivation. Whereas the black elite roams the halls of power, the black underclass becomes even more removed from politics, and indeed life—committing themselves to a nihilistic alienation characterized by behaviors and attitudes that fluctuate along a thin...
...time we become aware of what we’re looking at, two main stages of processing have occurred. The first, in which spatial analysis and form recognition occur, takes place in the outer realm of the retina, while the second, in the retina’s inner region, involves temporal analysis and movement detection...