A single high-school football season of heavy hits, even without a concussion, led to observable brain abnormalities in a study, the latest evidence to raise questions about the long-term consequences of the popular game.The findings from 24 high-school athletes suggest that a series of small, successive blows to the head can prompt changes in the brains of young people. The research was presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.The study didn’t look at brain function, so the cognitive...

ORONO, Maine — The Orono school district’s insurance has covered almost all of the legal and settlement costs stemming from the lengthy court battle over a transgender student’s access to the girls bathroom, according to Superintendent Joanne Harriman.
“The attorney fees are covered by insurance so there is no cost [or] impact to Orono taxpayers,” she said.
Maine School Management Association, RSU 26’s insurance carrier, used Aspen...

Penerus NEX-5 ini membawa sejumlah peningkatan dan penambahan feature baru yang membuatnya makin hebat. Sejak pertama kali ikut bersaing pada kelas compact system camera pada tahun 2010 lalu, Sony NEX bisa dibilang cukup berhasil merebut perhatian.Sony yang saat itu mengandalkan NEX-3 dan NEX5 mampu menghadirkan sebuah sistem kamera yang sangat kompak, namun mampu menghasilkan gambar yang berkualitas tinggi. Ini ditambah fleksibilitas...

Kabar gembira datang dari ASRock. Salah satu motherboard anyar keluaran produsen hardware asal Taiwan tersebut meraih penghargaan Recommended Buy dari situs review hardware ternama, Tom’s Hardware, untuk bulan ini.Adalah motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme4, sebuah mobo LGA 2011 berdasarkan chipset X79 Intel, yang mendapatkan kehormatan itu. Produk ini mengalahkan saingannya dari Asus, Biostar, ECS, Intel, dan MSI.Hasil pengujian dan komparasi...