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This means that scientists can, in effect, switch off a person's grasp of numbers. It's fascinating, both because it reduces a serious learning disability to the mere flick of a neural switch and because, by doing so, it holds out a tantalizing possibility that one day a cure may be as simple as flicking that switch in reverse. Cohen Kadosh hopes the result will allow scientists to develop a diagnostic tool for dyscalculia based on neuroimaging. Identifying children with developmental dyscalculia would let parents intervene earlier to teach important math concepts, just as they can intervene today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down for the Count | 4/11/2007 | See Source »

...that it was also common at sleep onset and shortly before waking in the morning. But he found an even weaker spot in the Hobson-McCarley hypothesis. If their theory was right, then people with damage to a part of the brain stem called the pons-the on-off switch for REM sleep-shouldn't be having dreams. Solms, however, had five patients with lesions in precisely that region, and while they weren't having REM, they were nonetheless reporting dreams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: While You Were Sleeping | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...Ramapo during the first few days of vacation.Both non-conference contests took the Crimson a full five games before Harvard could claim victory.After a recent move from the Malkin Athletic Center to Lavietes Pavillion, the Crimson remains undefeated in the new arena, winning its last three home matches.The switch did not faze sophomore middle hitter Brady Weissbourd, who earned his second Hay Division Player of the Week nod this season. Weissbourd is fifth in the EIVA in blocks per game (1.24) and stands seventh in hitting percentage (.424).Another key player in Harvard’s two victories was sophomore...

Author: By Kara T. Kelley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Weissbourd Leads Lavietes Sweep | 4/2/2007 | See Source »

...BIRD: Australia-based British designer Rachel Bending uses only water-based dyes for Bird, her range of organic cotton and linen fabrics, clothes and housewares. The brand also encourages employees to switch to solar power at home (where many of them work), and participates in schemes to offset its carbon emissions, supporting Australian solar-power and water-saving projects. Bending sees her well-made lines-typically featuring funky, retro-style patterns-as an antidote to the big, cheap fashion chains. "If something feels good, is made well and is good for the planet," she asks, "why would you throw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Social Fabric | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

When a business with more than 7,000 stores, 1.8 million employees and $345 billion in sales changes its ways, it's hard not to notice. Wal-Mart has made itself the darling of greens with its pledge to install solar panels on many of its stores, switch to hybrid vehicles, conserve water and even buy wild-caught salmon. More important, its mandates are having an incalculable ripple effect through its 60,000 suppliers, which are being asked to join Wal-Mart's effort to reduce packaging, waste and energy use. And when Wal-Mart asks, there's little question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Now For Our Feverish Planet? | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

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