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That inquiry is at the heart of primate studies like Gumert's. While science would do well to understand more about the long-tailed macaques' social world - especially as the animals are increasingly losing their natural habitat in Asia - Gumert says figuring out how this market concept can be applied to the social settings of other animals, including humans, will be its long-term value. In the meantime, it can at least make for some thought-provoking pillow talk...
...passenger did. "You communicate differently when you are in the car with someone because both people are aware of and can adjust to conditions that might require more concentration," Strayer says. The passenger may point out an upcoming exit, help navigate, alert you to a sudden stop, or understand when bad weather requires quiet concentration...
...understand my surprise when Jason Williams, veteran point guard on the Miami Heat, decided to dish out a little cold, hard—and extremely revealing—truth. Williams, in response to the extensive trade rumors surrounding him this season, let out this gem: “We’re like some high-paid prostitutes anyway in this league. They just use and get rid of us whenever they want.” And he’s right. The fact of the matter is professional sports is not, and has never been, about playing for the fans...
...other occupation. Owners and general managers are under the same pressures as the CEOs of any company. And the athletes? Well, despite the fact that we often only witness them as a collection of pixels behind a glass screen, they’re human too, and we must understand them as such. From the members of the press, all the way up to the skybox, the sporting world is not its own little vacuum within our TV screen like we often believe...
...performing the operation when her mother became too old to carry on. Her first patient was her own daughter. "I didn't feel nervous, because I had spent years watching how the cut was done," Khidir remembers. "And my daughter was a baby at the time, too small to understand what was happening. That's the best age to do it." Matter-of-factly, Khidir describes dealing with the aftermath of her work. She applies oak charcoal to reduce pain, cold water and antiseptic solution to reduce the risk of infection. Asked about the specifics of the procedure, she covers...