The other day, Paul Simon was rehearsing a favorite song: his own ''Darling Lorraine,'' about a love that starts hot but turns very cold. He found himself thinking about a three-note rhythmic pattern near the end, where Lorraine (spoiler alert) gets sick and dies. ''The song has that triplet going on underneath that pushes it along, and at a...
In response to McGill University's sharp tuition increase for its M.B.A. program, the Quebec government has moved to withhold some public funds from the university, stating that the rise ''goes against the basic principle of accessibility.'' In the spring of 2010, McGill announced its decision to raise fees for its Desautels School of Management...
An anesthesiologist's job can be taxing. During an operation, he is responsible for regulating the patient's levels of consciousness, pain and muscle relaxation, which requires monitoring vital signs and recalibrating drug concentrations every few minutes, sometimes over the course of procedures that last many hours. Now that may all change. In...