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...fewer meanings via gesture," the authors wrote. And those early differences in gestures may help predict the later disparities in vocabulary ability when children show up for school. The current study found that at 54 months old, children from higher-income families understood about 117 words on a comprehension test, compared with 93 for children from lower-income families...
...city's centerpiece will be the Masdar Institute, a graduate academy that will churn out new experts in clean energy. The hope is that a pool of educated workers--plus Masdar's favorable tax policies--will draw green companies to the desert, where they will be able to test their ideas in an environmental Utopia. "There is a visionary component to it," says Frank Mastiaux, CEO of climate and renewables for E.ON, a German energy company. "Masdar and Abu Dhabi have set themselves incredibly high expectations. Now they have to be delivered...
...that we really were writing for the Oscars is that Jackman would visit our room for a couple of hours each day. To my surprise, the best kind of boss is a sexy boss. Jackman greeted each of us with a giant hug, which would have been a perfect test of how gay I am, except I was totally focused on making sure I wasn't crushed to death by his giant lats. So ... pretty gay. Jackman would laugh uproariously at everything we suggested, which is one of the huge advantages of writing for a noncomedian. He acted...
...live TV, I learned that cell-phone companies are glad to provide it. I test-drove the Flo TV service--one of several cell-TV options--on an AT&T LG phone, complete with a tiny retractable antenna that made it look like something you'd see in Couch Potato Barbie's living room. I set the tiny screen on a kitchen shelf and watched MTV as I peeled carrots. I tuned it to Morning Joe and balanced it inside my medicine cabinet, discovering an exciting new way to cut myself while shaving. So long as I had a signal...
...primary type and the type of person whom you're going out with," suggests Fisher, "you can better reach them and create more intimacy." (One telltale sign: the ring fingers of directors are longer than their index fingers.) In the future, might singletons be able to use a blood test to zero in on prospective mates, saving us a lot of effort and enabling us to wear jewelry? "Possibly," she says...