Using sound cues, scientists have made study participants solve puzzles in their sleep. New research sheds light on the cognitive processes that occur in the brain as we sleep. In dreams, fragments of reality, imagination, and memory intermingle in timeline-agnostic narratives that make little sense upon waking. It seems to have something to do with…
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The alt-meat industry has created quite a sizzle, promising delicious burgers, steaks and even sushi that is grown from animal cells in the lab. But most cellular agriculture still looks like mush. The manufacturing process — which starts with animal muscle and fat grown from stem cells in petri dishes — is fine for making…
DetailsType 1 diabetes has no cure, and although there are several treatment options available, many people find managing the condition challenging. New technology could help reduce that burden. Share on PinterestMany people find managing type 1 diabetes inconvenient, but new research may change this. More than 1 million children and adults in the United States…
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Catherine Diktynna Talbot Wiener and Riley Scripps Ford were married Oct. 26. Associate Judge Rowan D. Wilson of the New York Court of Appeals officiated at the New York Public Library. Anne Fadiman, a college mentor of the groom, gave a reading. The couple met at Yale, from which both graduated cum laude, and from…
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Sara Kathleen Wahlberg and the Rev. Michael Benjamin Evington Kurth were married Oct. 26 at Christ’s Church in Rye, N.Y. The Rev. Andrew A. Kryzak, an Episcopal priest, performed the ceremony. Mrs. Kurth, 32, is an assistant director for brand, marketing and communications at Ernst & Young, the New York professional services firm. She graduated…
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Nadia Sirota and James Benjamin Lemkin were married Oct. 22 at the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, Calif. Soaring Starkey, an interfaith minister ordained by the New Seminary of New York City, officiated. Ms. Sirota, 36, is a viola soloist, chamber musician, curator and broadcaster. She is the New York Philharmonic’s Creative Partner, for…
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Patricia Hurtado de Mendoza and Alexis Augusto Abril were married Oct. 25 at the Islamorada Fish Company, an events space in Islamorada, Fla. The Rev. Steve Vetter, a Baptist minister, officiated. Mrs. Abril, 47, is the press secretary to Carlos Giménez, the mayor of Miami-Dade County. She was previously a television news reporter at both…
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Audrey Ellen Almy and Sean Edmund Hawks were married Oct. 26 at the Arctic Club, a hotel in Seattle. Elaine M. Way, a Universal Life minister, officiated. Mrs. Hawks, 30, is a consulting manager in the customer insights and growth practice, in Seattle, of Accenture, the consultancy. She graduated from Tufts, received a master’s degree…
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Dagney Devlin Pruner and Carlos Gómez del Campo Neme were married Oct. 25 in a civil ceremony at the Cipriani restaurant in Mexico City, in a ceremony led by Judge Juana Emilia Soler. On Oct. 26, the Rev. Ramón A. Hevia, a Roman Catholic priest, performed a nuptial mass in the chapel at Colegio de…
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Samantha Lynne Chassin and Alexander Little Meyer were married Oct. 26 at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a restaurant in Tarrytown, N.Y. Rabbi Paula L. Feldstein officiated. The couple met at Case Western Reserve University, from which each received a law degree, she cum laude. Mrs. Meyer, 32, is a consultant, leading legal-research training seminars…
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