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...Monday, Sept. 29, when it was clear that Wachovia, the enormous U.S. bank, couldn't open its doors to customers due to a lack of funds, the board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) voted for the first time since its creation during the Great Depression to take a "systemic risk exception" to the rules that usually limit what it can do. The exception allowed the FDIC to cover some of Wachovia's potential losses, enabling the bank's sale to Citigroup and its continued operation...
...mountains in tropical zones heat up - animals may simply go extinct. A recent study in Science demonstrates how that can happen. Robert Colwell, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Connecticut, analyzed data from nearly 2,000 species of plants, insects and fungi in the tropics, where organisms often lack the ability to escape warming temperatures by going north or south; instead, they have to go up in elevation to find cooler temperatures. Colwell found that as populations in lowland areas move up, they tend not to be replaced. That means that we may see a reduction in overall biodiversity...
...vitamin D. Even more worrisome was that breast-fed newborns were 10 times more likely to be deficient than those who were fed with baby formula, which is fortified with a large dose of vitamin D, according to the study. A large part of the problem is that mothers lack vitamin D themselves, and are therefore unable to pass enough of the nutrient to their babies...
...illustrator, spoke about the process of writing his newly-released book, “The Way We Work,” which portrays human anatomy through vivid drawings of the inside of the body, at a speech at the Brattle Theater on Friday evening. Macaulay said that his own lack of appreciation for his healthy body prompted him to learn more about physiology. “This is one of the most extraordinary things we will encounter,” he said. Macaulay said he hopes that readers would come away from his book with a heightened sense of appreciation...
...pure panic, and the lack of logic involved explains the inability of markets to find new, stable values for stocks," says Deutsche Bank euro-zone economist David Naudé. He concurs with Touati that while the credit crisis and its consequences are grave, the wider economic realities don't merit the dread that is driving market reaction - at least...