Brain area 'more than just motor' A brain area presumed to be involved only in co-ordinating movement also controls higher functions, such as vision, mounting evidence suggests. Traditionally, higher mental processing has been seen as the cerebrum's job - the evolutionary newest and largest part of the brain. The cerebellum or "little brain", which sits below the cerebrum, was thought to control balance and movement. A study of brain-injured infants shows this view is too simplistic.
Plans Advancing For World's First Face Transplant CLEVELAND - In the next few weeks, five men and seven women will secretly visit the Cleveland Clinic to interview for the chance to have a radical operation that's never been tried anywhere in the world. They will smile, raise their eyebrows, close their eyes, open their mouths. Dr. Maria Siemionow will study their cheekbones, lips and noses. She will ask what they hope to gain and what they most fear.
Clean, Green and Organic, in the Middle of the City THE shift toward local, seasonal and sustainable agriculture makes sense for the taste buds, the body and the planet. But there's a next step: making home kitchens just as environmentally sound as those pastoral organic farms.
Tinkerers modify their hybrid cars to get more mileage per gallon Politicians and automakers say a car that can both reduce greenhouse gases and free America from its reliance on foreign oil is years or even decades away.Ron Gremban says such a car is parked in his garage.
Know the History of India in Space Space technology has allowed the nation of India to move into the world of high technology, a place previously occupied only by more-developed nations.
The growing need for online speed Super-fast home broadband connections now mean we can surf faster and access much richer content than ever before. But how much is enough? And do we really need all that speed?