From Egypt’s Tahrir Square to Tunisia’s central Bourguiba Avenue to the plazas of Syria’s ancient cities, public squares have been at the center of the Arab Spring.
Public Spaces Like Tahrir Square Aided Arab Spring Protests
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Alzheimer’s: New Research on Understanding the Disease
Not all of Dr. Richard Mayeux’s elderly patients have Alzheimer’s disease; not all will even go on to develop it
Medicine: Dream Institute
The nervous system is somehow involved in so many diseases and disorders, from fleeting, no-account headaches to crippling paralyses, that doctors are often at a loss to know what part of the patient to treat first.
Studies Link Exercise in Older Adults to Healthier Aging
We all know that exercise is good for you. Staying physically active helps keep your heart healthy and your muscles strong, and in cancer patients it has even been shown to ward off relapse.
Education: Book Burnings
Dr. Harold Ordway Rugg is a mild-mannered, talkative little man, a professor at Columbia University's Teachers College who writes history and social-science textbooks
Work Like It’s 1999: High-Tech Incubators
On the top floor of an ugly office building in Mountain View, Calif., a dozen entrepreneurial dreams are taking flight. Raissa Nebie, a 31-year-old former investment banker from Ivory Coast, is putting the finishing touches on Spoondate, her top-secret dating site for food lovers
Tom Joyner gets justice for electrocuted kin, 94 years later
Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner raised his hand in victory. Nearly 100 years had passed since his great-uncles, Thomas Griffin and Meeks Griffin, were wrongfully executed in South Carolina.
Friends: Yale’s Le ably balanced social life, school, love
Slain Yale University graduate student Annie Le was intelligent, driven and destined for greatness, said those who knew her.
Study Links Exposure to Pollution with Lower IQ
Fossil fuel emissions are not just bad for the planet and bad for your lungs, they may also harm your baby’s developing brain.
Cavendish wins again as Armstrong moves up
Mark Cavendish has won the third stage of the Tour de France to cement his reputation as the fastest man in cycling, following a devastating spell of riding by his Team Columbia colleagues. Cavendish, who is now becoming unbeatable in sprint finishes, once again showed his rivals a clean pair of heels, beating Norwegian Thor Hushovd to the line at the end of a dramatic 196km stage from Marseille to La Grand Motte.