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...significant deposits of brown fat, so called because of its abnormally high concentration of dark-colored mitochondria, the engines that sustain cell activity. The primary purpose of brown fat is to regulate body temperature: the mitochondria-packed cells are designed to burn high quantities of sugar, the body's fuel, and release that energy as heat - a mechanism that newborns, fresh from the warm confines of the womb, rely on to keep them toasty...
...After hours in Stilz’s mobile compost pile and Scalise’s “Shagg’n-Wagg’n,” the team arrives in Ithaca, on the prowl for fuel. “Scooby snacks are a must,” Scalise says, gripping a shopping cart. By the end of a fifteen-minute search in the supermarket, Botero’s interest in purchasing Cracker Stackers has been vetoed by Snow and two boxes of Scooby snacks have been claimed...
...Washington Cleaner Cars The Department of Transportation significantly raised its fuel-economy standards for the first time since they were established in 1975. Passenger cars will now be required to get 30.2 m.p.g. (up from 27.5), while the standard for light trucks will increase from 23.1 m.p.g. to 24.1. The new rules apply only to 2011 models; the Obama Administration is still debating how to apply them to future model years, given the U.S. auto industry's precarious financial situation...
Already in his role as energy secretary, Chu has expressed intentions to reduce fossil-fuel dependence, decrease greenhouse-gas emissions, and harness existing energy sources in the most effective manner possible. His stated goals, substantiated by his concrete achievements, square nicely with the university’s recent environmental initiatives. Yet, while the creation of the Office for Sustainability this fall and the articulation of six “Sustainability Principles” in 2004 represent laudable progress, Chu’s address should not serve as an occasion for Harvard to flaunt its achievements. The task of transforming Harvard...
...Conlan points out that by continuing a campaign of low-level security threats, dissidents force police resources normally used to tackle fuel and cigarette smuggling and drug dealing - believed to be the main sources of income for dissident groups - to be diverted to anti-terrorism operations: "The [dissident] rationale is to prevent normal policing. Under normal policing, all the criminal activity they have become addicted to and dependent on would have to cease...