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Dr Lichtman's work is the most famous example of the emerging science of connectomics. But it is not the only one.

Presidential historian Allan Lichtman says President Obama will bring major changes , in both style and substance, to the White House .

Democrats are going to be hungry for real accomplishment, " added Professor Lichtman. "

LICHTMAN: You're going to have to take my word for it because we don't see it flying.

That would be an important victory for Democrats , according to Alan Lichtman, political science professor at American University .

LICHTMAN: And I think most of us have had firsthand experience.

Joining me now, also with me is Flora Lichtman, our digital media editor, who has a special interest in this topic. Welcome, Flora.

Lichtman believes Democrats will increase their ranks, but fall a few seats short of the critical 60-vote majority.

LICHTMAN: . . . has in his lab an incline, a little hill that he basically shuttles the birds up.

"You never know based on a campaign exactly how a president is going to conduct foreign affairs, " Lichtman said.

LICHTMAN: I mean, I think it's more like the Power Bar, the Snickers for a crow.

HOWARD LICHTMAN: "For Princess Leia to talk, Princess Leia needs to move and her mouth needs to move, etc. "

LICHTMAN: . . . with what's going to end up on your Thanksgiving table.

Even then, Howard Lichtman says it may have trouble competing with systems already on the market.

Lichtman also publishes Telepresence Options, which reports on the industry.

LICHTMAN: Okay, so you push it in the opposite direction, and then it must slow down long enough so that you can. . .

Mr. Lichtman also publishes Telepresence Options, which reports on the industry.

See, Lichtman "The 13 Keys to the White House: Why the Democrats Will Win, " Britannica Blog, posted October 4th, 2007.

LICHTMAN: But the story is how these crows use sticks to pull out these juicy, long-horned beetle larvae.

LICHTMAN: No, I think they're a little smaller.

LICHTMAN: It's a similar concept, yeah.

LICHTMAN: A New Caledonian crow can.

LICHTMAN: So is it that the lasers are actually pushing the atoms in the opposite direction that they want to go?

LICHTMAN: I mean because I think when people think of lasers, they think of heat, not cooling.

LICHTMAN: Wow, that's tiny.

LICHTMAN: So this is the part that also really captured my imagination How do you actually take a picture of something so tiny?

Historian Allan Lichtman says the speech was so popular because it makes American leaders more human.

LICHTMAN: What do you mean, in the lasers in CD players?