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...team used a clever, indirect method of measuring the age of the universe. First the scientists determined the distance to a group of galaxies called the Virgo cluster. Then they took advantage of a trick first used by Edwin Hubble, the astronomer who discovered, back in the 1920s, that the universe is expanding -- and for whom the space telescope was named. If the whole cosmos is blowing up like a balloon, Hubble reasoned, then you can calculate backward to see when the balloon began to inflate...
Doctors now know that RSI is not a single disease, but a cluster of syndromes. In computer users, the problem often starts in the muscles or tendons (the long pulley-like bundles of fiber that direct the movement of the fingers) and in the sheaths surrounding the tendons. Keyboards tend to force the upper body into unnatural positions -- hands bent, arms akimbo, wrists cocked -- straining the tendons and muscles and reducing circulation. Computer "mice" can be just as troublesome; users tend to grip the devices too hard, often with the wrist extended up, creating more work for the hands...
...economic rationale for separation is equally obtuse: the only tangible economic benefit of separation he claims is eliminating provincial-federal government duplication, and the construction of a cluster of embassies in Quebec City. This files in the face of economic forecasts of an economically isolated Quebec with no leg to stand...
Southward lies the dilapidated neighborhood known as La Vibora. There, a gaggle of elderly women cluster in a disintegrating foyer. Pointing to one in the group, they say, Talk to her. She is the anti-revolutionary. Asking to be called Luisa, the 66-year-old mother of an exile is glad President Bill Clinton cut off remittances, even if it means no more money from her son in California. "He pockets the money anyway," she says. Who? "Fidel. Who else?" Alarmed, her companions shush her, and she lowers her voice. "I'd rather suffer a little more than see this...
...behavior. This region is rich in the neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine, which are influenced by drugs like Ritalin. But the lack of a more specific explanation has led some psychologists to question whether ADHD is truly a disorder at all or merely a set of characteristics that tend to cluster together. Just because something responds to a drug doesn't mean it is a sickness...