URBANA, Ill. – A new calendar called “Big Brains” will feature artistically enhanced brain scans of University of Illinois campus administrators, faculty, staff and students.
“It’s a mix of being somewhat whimsical, with a nod to science and the things we do on this campus,” said Tracey Wszalek, associate director of the Beckman Institute’s Biomedical Imaging Center.
The images for each individual will highlight a particular brain region or function that each person uses in his or her job.
The brain image of university President B. Joseph White’s assistant will emphasize an area of the brain used for multitasking.
The scan of Chancellor Richard Herman’s brain will feature blood vessels to illustrate how he is connected to all areas of the campus.
And the illustration for a food science professor will consist of layered images of her brain arranged in the shape of the food pyramid.
Wszalek said all the calendar models were enthusiastic about the project.
“They are like kids in a candy shop because we let them take a picture home,” she said. “Everyone loves a picture of their brain.”
43 years later, man’s stolen wallet is found
PITTSBURGH – A worker found a wallet that was stolen from a serviceman 43 years ago in a bus station.
Robert Gibson got a call about the wallet Thursday.
“Before he could even say a word, I said, ‘You found my wallet,’” said Gibson, 70, of Linwood, N.C. “How it got where (it was found) I don’t know.”
Gibson stopped in Pittsburgh while returning from serving almost a year and half in Germany. He had decided to take a shower before boarding his bus in 1962.
LeRoy Fillmore found the wallet Wednesday in the former Greyhound station, which is being demolished.
After noticing an Air Force identification card, Fillmore called an Army recruiting office, where Capt. Jason Hearn was able to track down Gibson.
Gibson was happy to have his wallet back, even though it was empty of the $300 he had.
“I want it for sentimental reasons,” he said. “It’s not every hip ‘n’ stitch that someone finds the wallet they lost 40 years ago.”
8-foot snake slithers out of family’s toilet
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – At first, the family thought their daughter was hallucinating when she told them that a python had stuck its head out of the toilet.
But after deciding to investigate for themselves, they too saw the 8-foot yellow and black python peering from inside the traditional squat toilet, The Star newspaper reported Monday.
Firefighters later trapped the python at the home in southern Johor Bahru city and released it into a nearby jungle, the report said.
Firefighters were not immediately available for comment, and it was unclear how the snake slithered into the toilet.
Associated Press
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