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...trick, she found, was that they learned how to change their diet. When Mikucki studied the organisms' DNA and energy-processing systems, she found that they were indeed descended from species that once lived in the open ocean. Underneath the ice, they were deprived of light to run photosynthesis, and instead they relied on what they found around them - principally sulfur and iron - to generate energy. The genes responsible for that alternative metabolism are also found in other marine organisms but they're less important to those species because the oceans provide more options for food...
...Brain scans also suggest that the recognition of physical skill or pain is distinct from the more complex responses of compassion and admiration for another's emotional anguish or success. When reacting to something physical, the parts of the brain that light up are associated with the regulation and sensation of our basic body structure, or musculoskeletal composition. For the more intricate emotions, the regions involved in keeping our organs, or viscera, pumping and running smoothly are brought on board...
...from her skin and left it dangling at her knees. Her breasts were medium, I’d say, bigger than mine, but so high and round they barely had any shape. There weren’t any folds where they fell, they just sat, and her nipples were light pink and darted out with stretch marks like miniature suns...
...mission. And then it came. I saw Katie look in my direction. If she actually looked directly at me, I have no idea, because I instantly sent my gaze to the floor. But she looked in my direction nonetheless. That was the sign I was looking for. The green light. I decided that right after class got out, I would go home a different way. I would go home the way she went home. Then, somehow I would talk to her. I would make my move.Katie’s house was about half a mile away down Olden Road...
...Don’t skip Sara; get there early. Her laid-back acoustic crooning is the perfect complement to a chill spring afternoon in the Yard. And, when the sun sets and Ratatat’s light show powers up, you’ll have the best seat in the house for the impeding ragefest...