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...even chew the fat. The mere taste of FATTY FOOD--even if it isn't swallowed--promotes a surge in the concentration of fat in the blood. One explanation: receptors in the mouth may detect the chemical properties of food and cause the body to react...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 22, 1996 | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

...Mammograms detect only 75% of invasive breast cancers in women under 50. That's probably because tumors in younger women grow so rapidly that they can go from undetectably small to large between MAMMOGRAM exams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 15, 1996 | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...arrived at the NIH as a 28-year-old doctor seeking two things: the credentials to become a medical school professor and an alternative to service in Vietnam. Then, one day some months later, I was abruptly transformed into a committed scientist when a method I was developing to detect expression of a gene suddenly worked. At that moment, I knew the intoxicating power of measurement and the sweet anticipation of my own results...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Commencement 1996 | 6/22/1996 | See Source »

...Magellan] is five times bigger than the Hubble so it will have a much larger field of view," Kirshner says. "Plus there are certain wavelengths the Hubble can't detect...

Author: By Michael T. Jalkut, | Title: Astronomy Department Seeks | 5/22/1996 | See Source »

Already storm chasers like Davies-Jones have acquired a deeper understanding of the spectacular springtime storms that produce the most violent tornadoes. They have played a crucial role in developing a new type of radar that can peer through the darkest clouds and detect areas of rapid rotation as much as half an hour before a twister touches down. And now--thanks to an unprecedented data-gathering effort known as VORTEX (short for Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment)--these daredevils of meteorology are beginning to provide fresh insight into the long-standing mystery of what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF TWISTERS | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

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