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What they mean is that like Pavlov's dog, trained to salivate at the sound of a bell, animals are similarly trained to anticipate lots of calories when they taste something sweet - in nature, sweet foods are usually loaded with calories. When an animal eats a saccharin-flavored food with no calories, however - disrupting the sweetness and calorie link - the animal tends to eat more and gain more weight, the new study shows. The study was even able to document at the physiological level that animals given artificial sweeteners responded differently to their food than those eating high-calorie sweetened...
...local, David Kelloway from Redding, Mass., said he was waiting in hope of getting Hilton’s autograph. He brought along a picture of his dog to give to her. “She likes dogs,” Kelloway said, “and is a member of an animal rights group—so I want to give her a picture of my dog...
...Huskies goalie Leah Sulyma stopped 47 shots that came her way to keep her team in the game, and Northeastern remained within one goal of the Crimson until 18:40 into the final period. But in the end Harvard (20-1-0, 16-0-0) affirmed its top dog status, holding off the Huskies (5-16-3, 4-8-1) to pull out a 3-1 victory at Boston University’s Walter Brown Arena...
...Shadow of HistoryIt would be wrong to suggest that the pro-Obama sentiment is universal inside the Clinton camp. It isn't difficult to find those allied with Clinton who believe that Obama would make an underwhelming vice-presidential nominee. Clinton, they say, will want an attack dog both on the trail and as Vice President-a role Obama is ill suited for and uncomfortable assuming. Plus, the states he could deliver she could...
...about the implications of this prevalence of cyborgs within our society. Why is it that a person can be tried for a moving violation in a vehicle if they were not a human, but a cyborg, when they committed the infraction? Can the car be blamed? I think a dog can probably be a cyborg, too, but can a plant? Or does it require some sort of conscious autonomy? Where does Lamp fit into all of this? If we get the fuel that runs our robots from oil, which comes from dead dinosaurs, can they truly be distinguished from organic...