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...from this that the idea of adolescence was an artificial construct, a phenomenon invented in the post-Industrial Revolution years. Giedd's scanning studies proved what every parent of a teenager knows: not only is the brain of the adolescent far from mature, but both gray and white matter undergo extensive structural changes well past puberty. "When we started," says Giedd, "we thought we'd follow kids until about 18 or 20. If we had to pick a number now, we'd probably...
...neurons our brain will ever have - and that's fewer than we have in utero. Humans achieve their maximum brain-cell density between the third and sixth month of gestation - the culmination of an explosive period of prenatal neural growth. During the final months before birth, our brains undergo a dramatic pruning in which unnecessary brain cells are eliminated. Many neuroscientists now believe that autism is the result of insufficient or abnormal prenatal pruning...
...table with a keen sense of what will and what won't pass muster with Republican members. Shortly before the talks resumed, House Minority Leader John Boehner sent Pelosi a letter making it clear that his members will not back down from their insistence that the proposal undergo a major redesign. "If such consideration is not given, a large majority of Republicans cannot - and will not - support Sec. Paulson's plan," Boehner wrote. "In the interest of the men and women we represent in Congress, I hope it does not come to that conclusion...
...Prescott Street will be seamlessly integrated into the original building,” Manoogian says. The historic elements and overall structure of the 1927 building cannot be altered because the building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986, but the original section will still undergo extensive changes to its infrastructure. “That 1927 building has lots of 1927 wiring and plumbing and it’s not an ideal setting for an art museum at all,” Manoogian says. While much of the renovations process cannot be divulged to the public...
...doubts that Malaysian politics are about to undergo a sea change. The only questions are when and how - and those are big questions in a country that is trying to secure its status as a model Muslim-majority democracy. Will Anwar - a man who once served as deputy prime minister until he had a political falling-out with his mentor and spent six years in jail - be able to bring down a ruling coalition that has governed Malaysia since independence? Or will Najib - the current deputy premier whose reputation has been tainted by the murder trial of his former advisor...