Too many southern schools fail to prepare children for a world in which well-trained brains are more richly rewarded than brawn.
To push things further, Dr Courtine and his team now tried engaging their brains as well with astonishing results.
This is the sort of thorny problem that requires brains as well as money and the second reason why Mr Gates's donation is so interesting.
In the middle market, doing well requires a bigger dose of brains and talent.
While a deeper understanding of neuro-plasticity is extremely relevant for people who have suffered from a stroke or other traumatic brain injury, what has piqued my interest most is its application for those of us whose brains already work perfectly well.
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With its 95% share of the world market for gallium arsenide semiconductors, Japan makes the brains for high-speed fiber-optic telecommunication switches as well as the chips that steer Tomahawk missiles.
"We have a real revenue model, a traditionally based one with real margins, not just page views, " says Clayton, who has recruited some big brains from Yahoo, including the creator of Yahoo IM, as well as engineering talent from Facebook and Skype.
Well, if you buy the argument that the big revolutions are those that bring more and more brains into proximity of each other, then the next big change will be the merging of the internet with our brains.
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Research, such as a study done by Boston University School of Medicine, has identified serious brain damage, or CTE -- chronic traumatic encephalopathy -- not only in the autopsied brains of professional football players but in at least one high school player's brain as well.
Sanchez said he's picked Garcia's brains about the nuances of the offense, and to get a jumpstart on keeping his job by being well-versed in its schemes.
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