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They first recruited a group of nine healthy adults and presented each with a list of eight beverages, which they were asked to rate in appeal on a scale of 1 to 5. The investigators then outfitted each participant with a headband equipped with fiber-optic strands that projected infrared light through the scalp and skull and into the prefrontal cortex, a brain area critical for processing preference. Infrared imaging is typically used to detect heat, which is just what the researchers were looking for. The volunteers were shown pictures of different pairs of drinks from their original list...
...Regardless of what course of action the state of California undertakes, it should do so promptly. California state officials, including the governor, have indicated that they will appeal the mandate, possibly to the Supreme Court, seemingly in contradiction to Governor Schwarzenegger’s 2006 declaration of a state of emergency because of risks found to be associated with severe overcrowding in state prisons. Overburdened prison facilities essentially hand inmates harsher sentences than they deserve, decreasing their likelihood of real rehabilitation and increasing the possibility that these men and women will continue to cycle through the system. While the state...
...paid to approach the physical limits of the human body, but it is the natural pursuit of excellence that spectators adore, not the artificial and chemically-induced performance that anabolic steroids and other drugs can produce. By fundamentally altering the body’s capabilities, steroids undermine the basic appeal of sport...
...biography of the First Lady by Washington Post staff writer Liza Mundy, was one of the first out of the gate; a New York Times best seller, the book has an impressive 170,000 copies in print after seven printings. The Mundy book proved Michelle Obama's international appeal; there are now 15 foreign-language editions of the book, including Arabic, Portuguese and Polish...
...system, Trévidic says. "Eighteen years wasn't the 30 we sought, but it's still a reflection of how serious the court took the claims of complicity established in the case," Trévidic notes. "And who knows - he could get the full 30 in the appeal...