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...Until the teaching schedule for the team-taught Biological Sciences 51, “Integrative Biology of Organisms,” changed this year, Hanken would talk about rabbits’ digestive systems in lecture. The animals can absorb the nutrients from plant matter only in the small intestine, but food is digested in a part of the gut that’s farther “downstream.” So how do plant nutrients finally get into the rabbit’s bloodstream having already passed through the small intestine undigested...
...much water can be as dangerous as not drinking enough. Research showed that hydrating too much over the long haul--during a marathon, say, or a long-distance bike ride--dilutes the blood's salt content and can lead to hyponatremia. The body's cells, including brain cells, absorb the excess fluid and swell, and growing pressure in the skull can cause permanent damage or death. Hyponatremia is surprisingly common; in a study of 488 runners of the 2002 Boston Marathon, 13% were over-hydrated. Many of the symptoms of hyponatremia--nausea, dizziness, confusion, lethargy--mimic those of dehydration...
...replace what he had borrowed. Traders say he built up a huge position, shorting some 100,000 to 200,000 tons of the metal. But because copper prices have soared lately, Liu and the SRB?a secretive state agency responsible for buying strategic commodities?may have to absorb big losses, possibly up to $100 million, according to traders...
...found it hurtful or insulting. "I may be someone's window into a culture or a world that they have no knowledge or understanding of," she says. "As wearying as it may become, I have to be ready to teach as much as I have to be ready to absorb and learn. You have to be ready to deal with it if you're going to be a pioneer...
...being "one of those penny wise, pound foolish decisions." That's because generic drug companies, which have far smaller profit margins than the brand-name firms, warn that the increased discount would squeeze them out of the Medicaid market, leaving the brand-name manufacturers-which can more easily absorb a rebate increase-to cash in when the federal program has to buy the higher priced drugs from them...