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...most of the century, scientists widely accepted the view that the brain goes through a huge growth spurt from the womb through a person's first few years ? and then spends the rest of life deteriorating. Since the mid-'80s, scientists have been aware of new brain cell growth after the formative years, but have debated whether or not the new growth affects advanced functions such as memory. Now researchers Elizabeth Gould and Charles Gross, in an article in Friday's edition of the journal Science, report that testing in monkeys shows the growth of new neurons that attached themselves...
However, the Crimson's sudden scoring spurt soon fizzled. Unlike the match against UNH over the weekend, in which Harvard battled back to win the fifth and final game of the match, UMass shut down the Harvard offense and went on to a 15-9 game...
Maybe we should abolish adolescence altogether. Not the biological part, of course--the turbulent growth spurt and mental/physical/social adaptation. We are stuck with that. But it would be nice if we could get rid of the cultural mess we have made of the teenage years. Having deprived children of an innocent childhood, the least we could do is rescue them from an adolescence corrupted by every sleazy, violent and commercially lucrative fantasy that untrammeled adult venality, high-horsing on the First Amendment, can conceive...
What's behind this shift to economy-sensitive "cyclical" stocks? The U.S. economy appears to be in no danger of slowing, and the world economy may be ready for a coordinated growth spurt. That promises to increase demand for manufactured goods, the equipment needed to make them and the raw materials that go into them. Indeed, commodities prices have been edging higher for a month. Cyclical companies can raise prices in that kind of environment, which makes them far less vulnerable to the dark side of economic growth--inflation and higher interest rates. If rates, which have also been going...
...Crimson failed to reach the Friar bullpen after its initial four-run spurt, but Providence may have been better off if it had removed Lewis after the second...