Fred H. Gage predicts that "if more people knew that a proper diet, enough sleep, and exercise can increase the number of neural connections in specific regions of the brain, thereby improving memory and reasoning ability, they would take better care of themselves ( Read more... )

"A single opening to this cavity functions as both mouth and anus"... "The undigested remains are egested through the mouth/anus."

This was the highlight of the chapter.

I am thinking of an object. Of the three categories (plant, animal, mineral), it is a mineral.

There are twenty guesses collectively; everyone who asks adds to the collective.

Three sleepless nights, cowering in my bunk, awaiting the moment when ten little devils would erupt in a cascading rush of noise: first one whisperer, two whisperers, three whisperers, three talkers, six talkers, nine talkers, nine yellers, one good little boy who eventually succumbs to yelling as he forgets his sympathy for the sleeping teenager. ( Read more... )

On my plate ( Read more... )

I need a really big sombrero that I could borrow for the week of february 10 through 13. Really big.

If anyone could help me out that'd be great.

--Thomas "needs a really big sombrero" Hanff