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Moore acknowledges that there is also some intriguing data suggesting that diet itself may have a profound effect on behavior. A University of Oxford researcher recently published controversial findings hinting that prisoners who were fed vitamin supplements - and therefore presumably getting well-balanced nutrition - had lower rates of disciplinary events and aggressive outbursts than a control group who were given placebo pills. While the association is preliminary, says Moore, "I think looking at diet is a fairly novel way to think of behavior over the life course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Candy-Eating Kids Become Criminal Adults? | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

They determined that the third lumbar vertebra that women have (but men do not) allows them to bend from the lower back in order to stay balanced with a swelling belly and higher center of gravity...

Author: By Kerry K. Clark, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ig Nobels Mock Risk and Banking | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

...growing pressure from Capitol Hill and allies in Europe and Israel to show results for his engagement strategy, Obama had warned Iran that failure to discuss international concerns over its nuclear program would be met with an escalation of sanctions. U.S. and European diplomats had taken great care to lower expectations for the Geneva meeting - the metric of success, they stressed, would be the tone of the meeting and Tehran's willingness to engage on the issues of most concern to the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran Nuke Talks: Succeeding Beyond (Low) Expectations | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...addition to potentially improving student performance, a shorter summer would also help ensure the safety of lower- income students.“Those hours from 3 o’clock to 7 o’clock are times of high anxiety for parents,” said Duncan...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: More is More | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

...current health-reform bill was doomed to fail. It was voted down, 15 to 8, with five Democrats - including committee chairman Max Baucus - joining all 10 Republicans on the committee in opposition. Baucus, who agrees with Rockefeller that a public option would save the Federal Government money and lower costs for consumers, nonetheless believes that a bill with such an option will not garner enough support to overcome the threat of a filibuster and make it for a vote on the Senate floor; almost all Republicans and many moderate Democrats believe that such a plan would force private insurance companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Reform's Public Option: Down, but Not Yet Out? | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

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