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...Some experts also believe the fact that Jenson Button won the title for Brawn (now Mercedes) this year means the team may not be as good next year - that the effort needed to win a championship takes it out of a team the following season, as McLaren and Ferrari have discovered. If Schumacher does experience difficulty on the track, there's always the chance he could resort to some of the questionable driving tactics he's been accused of in the past, such as colliding with other drivers, to try to win titles. Schumacher won't want to be remembered...
Lindsey Graham, however, is not your average Republican. In an era when the GOP is defining itself by saying no, the South Carolinian stands out as one willing to say, "Maybe, let's talk." On hot button issues from Afghanistan and climate change to immigration, Graham is often the only Republican in the room. And as past mavericks have turned away, such as Obama's erstwhile opponent John McCain, Graham has stepped up. He is the first call White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel makes for advice on how to handle Senate Republicans; he's a popular co-sponsor...
...that diplomacy wasn't given a serious chance. And those who insisted on a time limit for diplomatic efforts to stop Iran's nuclear program will almost certainly do the same on sanctions. That could force Obama, in the next year or two, to either hit the proverbial "reset" button on Iran diplomacy, or else confront the narrower choice touted by Western hawks: bomb Iran, or Iran with the bomb...
...adjustable stand and instant access to programming at all hours of the day. At 5.5 oz., it weighs a tad more than your standard BlackBerry or iPhone. Changing channels is as easy as swiping your finger up or down on the screen. There's also a dedicated menu button that can bring up the entire programming guide should you wish to peruse your options. (See TIME's tech buyer's guide...
...Brown Fat in Adults When you're struggling to button your pants around your ever expanding waistline, it probably doesn't occur to you to wonder whether your body fat is brown or white. But perhaps you should. Researchers have long known that brown fat, so called because it is packed with dark-hued mitochondria (the engines that feed cells with energy), actively breaks down sugar into heat and consumes a lot more energy than white fat does. In other words, brown fat burns energy instead of storing it. However, researchers also known that while brown fat is abundant...