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...pretty good idea of what conditions were like in the Cretaceous period, which started about 135 million years ago, and came to a sudden end 70 million years later, with the death of the dinosaurs. Or rather, they think they do - but two new sets of research results suggest there's a lot more to learn...
Driving while talking into a cell phone is sort of like driving with one eye closed - studies suggest that your brain processes only half of the visual information it receives. So obstacles like pedestrians and swerving cars may go unregistered by the distracted driver. The effect is the same whether you use a handset or a hands-free phone, but, interestingly, listening to the radio or engaging in conversation with a fellow passenger isn't nearly as distracting. "There is something about talking on the phone that trips up the brain," says David Strayer, the study's author...
...reason for the new drive to raise cash quickly is the fact that Clinton spent lavishly on what turned out to be a debacle in Iowa. Numbers circulating among fund raisers - but not confirmed by the campaign - suggest that the campaign may have as little as $15 million to $25 million left on hand. While that is enormous by historic standards, it is less than half the nearly $50.5 million she had at the end of September (when she enjoyed a significant advantage over Barack Obama's $36 million on hand...
...course, I could peevishly express disappointment that so few correspondents engaged with Morrison's argument that "a new infusion of energy from the margins" is revivifying French culture; I could suggest that those who rushed to condemn us might protest too much. But it's the season of goodwill, so we're delighted to publish the accompanying letter by Olivier Poivre d'Arvor, director of CulturesFrance, together with a selection of other comments on our story. May the debate continue...
There is no evidence to suggest that Musharraf or Pakistan's security forces were connected to the attack. On jihadi websites, al-Qaeda claimed the assassination was their work and intelligence officials in both Pakistan and the U.S. agree that Islamic extremists from al-Qaeda or the Taliban were probably responsible for the devastating attack. But as Musharraf's popularity has slipped badly, moderate and religious Pakistanis alike have begun to blame him for the increasing chaos in their country - and to trace every incident directly to his rule and his high-profile allies. "This assassination was fabricated...