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...form of depression that commonly occurs in the fall and winter months, and subsides when the days get longer. According to Dr. Alfred Lewy, a chronobiologist from Oregon Health Services who was the first person to research SAD, “it’s like having jet lag for several months.” The disorder occurs when circadian rhythms get out of sync with the decreased amount of daylight during the winter. However, unlike jet lag, SAD doesn’t fix itself over time. SAD can last all winter, with the dark mornings leaving the body physically...

Author: By Loui Itoh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: You Make Me Happy When Skies Are Gray | 11/20/2003 | See Source »

...says. There were neighbors over at the house, as there always were during those hard days, and they asked if they could help. Next thing the Lynches knew, a team of friends had set to work on the house as the family headed to Germany on a Heinz Corp. jet ("It was my first experience of flying," Dee says, "and it was like a Cadillac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Home: The Private Jessica Lynch | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...drive it into a suitable body of water, press a button and in 12 seconds flat its wheels tuck gracefully under its body, and you're boating, not driving. The Gibbs Aquada can do 100 m.p.h. on land and a cool 30 m.p.h. afloat, powered by a proprietary jet-propulsion system that generates nearly a ton of thrust. If you're not superspy material, don't worry: the Aquada comes with special sensors that keep it from accidentally transforming itself at embarrassing moments--say, when you're cruising along on dry land. INVENTOR Gibbs Aquada AVAILABILITY Now, about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: On The Go | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

This site has everything imaginable for the avid traveler, from the highly practical to the gimmicky and all points in between. These $299 Bose headphones will block out the roar of jet engines and the screams of crying babies--with or without music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Web Shopping Guide: For The Globetrotter | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...tabs can be trusted - gets so zonked at the Boujis club in South Kensington she has to be carried out, half-conscious, by her bodyguard and plopped into a waiting car. All in all, not bad for her first 48 hours in town. "A combination of jet lag, exhaustion and the odd cocktail," is how Spears' people explained the Boujis wooziness in the pages of the Evening Standard - although her reps now claim they were misquoted and that the whole thing never happened. In any case, Spears was well enough by Oct. 27 to guest-star on the V Graham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Eyes On Britney | 11/16/2003 | See Source »

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