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When you've co-founded the biggest software company in the world, you tend to look for big projects to pique your interest and your pocketbook. That's why Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen gathered a bunch of the country's top neuroscientists back in 2002 and asked how he could help to improve our understanding of how the brain works. "If you come from a background in computer science, it's always fascinating to think about the human brain, and to try to figure out and understand how the brain works," Allen told TIME recently. "It turns out we know...
Harvard College is brimming with obsessive-compulsive, type-A personalities, most of whom see all things worth doing as a stepping-stone in the road whose ultimate destination is success. Whether it be studying, digging wells in Tanzania, or partying like a rock star, many Harvard students tend to see each and every action as a resume-builder or a means to some impressive...
...identify as “binge drinkers” according to a 2002 Harvard College Survey. Regardless of the number of offenders, it should not be treated as just another extracurricular activity, another task at which to excel with all competitive zest. Lest we forget—as we tend to do, after a few beers—binge drinking carries with it a host of not-so-funny and potentially serious consequences...
...being able to lift as a team,” flanker Michael Manco-Johnson says, “might inhibit us because Harvard rugby players tend to be smaller than athletes on a lot of other teams, such as Army, giving us a significant disadvantage...
...Because the Canadian government sets aside a percentage of their lottery and casino returns toward helping problem gamblers, the best research and counseling services tend to be located there. The latest studies and lots of research can be found at the Web home of McGill University's International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviours in Montreal...