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...that weight is mostly a matter of willpower - that we can learn both to exercise and to avoid muffins and Gatorade. A few of us can, but evolution did not build us to do this for very long. In 2000 the journal Psychological Bulletin published a paper by psychologists Mark Muraven and Roy Baumeister in which they observed that self-control is like a muscle: it weakens each day after you use it. If you force yourself to jog for an hour, your self-regulatory capacity is proportionately enfeebled. Rather than lunching on a salad, you'll be more likely...
...case something happens to their habitat - and, interestingly, large body size, which also tends to be associated with extinction. "It's a quick and dirty way to get a better picture of which species are likely to be most impacted," says Roy. "Then you can go in and mark your priorities." Extinction may be a part of life, but as the dominant species, we have the ability to influence it - for better or for worse...
...turned him into a prime target of the Pakistani government. In June 2009, key roads were choked as Pakistani military aircraft began strafing targets from the air. CIA-operated drones also went to work, attacking sites associated with Mehsud. On Wednesday, one of their missiles may have found its mark...
...application that some observers see as a potential challenger to Apple's own iTunes music player, which iPhone owners use to listen to their downloaded tunes. "Apple has made it clear in the past that iPhone apps should enhance the experience, not compete with its core functionality," says Mark Mulligan, a London-based analyst with Forrester Research...
National Patterns in Antidepressant Medication Treatment Dr. Mark Olfson, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Steven Marcus, University of Pennsylvania Archives of General Psychiatry 9 pages...