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...argued that animal trials of the chemical simply don't tell us very much about humans. For one thing, when humans ingest the compound, it's quickly excreted through the urine; when rats and mice eat it, it's released into the bloodstream and remains in the body much longer - with much more time to throw off the body's sex-hormone balance, causing nasty effects...
...that we need to act now to prevent serious damage tomorrow, but it's difficult to keep that in mind when the country is faced with other, seemingly more pressing priorities. Climate change can always be passed off to the next year, the next generation. But not any longer. James Hansen, one of the world's most respected climate scientists, believes that we have just a decade - when today's college students will be reaching their 30s - to stem the growth in carbon emissions, or the world will be changed irrevocably. Youth have a right to speak out, using organizations...
...Tang was arrested later that day, and even said “here I am” when a police officer at the scene asked Styke where his attacker was, according to court documents. When she was arrested, Tang had blood on her hands and clothes. Tang is no longer a student at Wellesley College, according to Wellesley spokeswoman Mary Ann Hill. Suzanne M. Kontz, the Middlesex County assistant district attorney in charge of the domestic violence abuse unit, who is handling the case, was not available for comment. —Staff writer Kevin C. Leu can be reached...
...Where Are We Runnin’?,” from 2004’s “Baptism,” was his best recent shot, but only because the “oo-ee-oo”s in the chorus stuck in listeners’ heads for longer than they should have. What Kravitz needs to eventually realize is that “catchy” is not a synonym for “repetitive.” On “I Love the Rain,” Kravitz chants the song title over a sloppy reinterpretation...
Mitt Romney made a fortune in management consulting, so it's only appropriate that his presidential campaign would make a bedeviling business school case study. As a candidate, he seemed to do everything right. He worked longer hours, built a larger, more professional organization and outspent all of his Republican rivals. He alone approached the race for the White House as an almost pure product launch, with the flexibility and funding to change his marketing and respond to almost any eventuality. He even looked better on television...