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...could buy some time on the Soviet-made Mir space station, a relic of the once-flourishing program in the USSR. Unmanned probes appear to be the cheaper, better way to go for scientific data-collecting. In any case, we will always have plenty of time to absorb the budgetary blow. That is, until the sun explodes...
Cocaine seems to prevent brain cells from absorbing the neurotransmitter dopamine; researchers have reduced the narcotic's high in addicted rats -- and thus the craving for it -- by giving them a drug that overrides the cocaine and helps cells absorb dopamine...
Diabetics are unable to produce enough insulin, a natural hormone that enables cells to absorb sugar. In so-called Type I diabetes, which most often strikes in childhood, patients lose the ability to make any insulin. For these cases, the standard daily treatment is a blood test and one or two self- administered insulin shots. The shots keep the patient alive and well, but blood-sugar levels swing sharply, from relatively low after a dose of insulin to much higher before the next injection. These fluctuations gradually cause damage to the body's organs...
...brief accounts, graphics and commentaries. It instantly became one of the magazine's most popular parts. This week, in a less dramatic way, we're still in the change business, giving The Week a different look and bright new features. While maintaining its summarizing function, The Week will also absorb the exclusives, inside intelligence and trend-spotting items from the Grapevine page...
...mixed messages that teenagers absorb, the most confused have to , do with gender roles. The stereotypes of male and female behavior have crumbled so quickly over the past generation that parents are at a loss. According to the TIME/CNN poll, 60% of parents tell their daughters to remain chaste until marriage, but less than half tell their sons the same thing. Kids reflect the double standard: more than two-thirds agree that a boy who has sex sees his reputation enhanced, while a girl who has sex watches hers suffer...