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People who stutter--and there are 3 million of them in the U.S.--tend to do better when they speak in unison, as in a group reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. That's why a new hearing-aid-like device called the SpeechEasy seems to help. Invented by researchers at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., it's a tiny, programmable earpiece that alters the pitch of the speaker's voice and echoes it back into the ear. This "choral effect" tricks the brain into thinking someone else is talking and encourages fluent speech. In initial tests, the SpeechEasy worked...
...that it crosses borders. A lot about their music isn't very challenging or edgy and it appeals to a lot of people - they're an anti-theme band." Finding the next British rock band to follow in Coldplay's wake isn't so easy, given that U.K. audiences tend to be flocking to see Americans, Scandinavians and Antipodeans. One exception is the Music, an energetic Leeds four-piece that takes its cues from Pink Floyd to the Stone Roses and have committed to an exhausting tour schedule in the U.S. Another less conventional method to break America is from...
...before congestion charging is tried again in Europe. So it's too bad that London is the test case. Its public transit system was creaking and fragile and stretched to the limit - even before the 20,000 more daily riders expected this week. And Londoners themselves, from long experience, tend to be wryly pessimistic about bold attempts at social engineering. "The charge will simply shift congestion [elsewhere]," says Gary Jennings, a self-employed removal man. "Ken's a bit naive if he thinks this is going to sort out the congestion problems." Concludes Bernhard Oehry, a traffic consultant in Switzerland...
...clearly paid for these roads already," says a member of the group, who declines to be named. "We're like sheep. The French wouldn't have it." Driving has never been an entirely logical exercise. Motorists make emotional decisions about when to pass, for example, and tend to think the lane next to them is going faster even when it isn't, according to research by Donald Redelmeier of the University of Toronto and Robert Tibshirani of Stanford University. And once in a jam, they're apt see themselves only as victims rather than part of the problem. There...
Ideal mate: Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for Affirmative Action, but when it comes to men, I tend not to be an equal opportunity employer. Call me Disney, ‘cause I like them Snow White! That aside, he would be really sweet and affectionate and would make me feel special...