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...Still, the findings don't necessarily mean that activating brown fat leads to a trimmer waist. For one thing, the body is especially good at maintaining equilibrium, which is why a boost in calorie-burning can often trigger a hunger signal and prompt people to eat more to make up for the loss. And even if drug companies could find a way to activate brown fat safely, that excess activity could throw off other metabolic systems and damage your health. After all, the people who have the most active brown fat so far are those with cancer and hyperthyroidism...
...lowering of academic standards” for basketball are overblown—the Crimson’s Academic Index for men’s basketball during Frank Sullivan’s tenure was well above the Ivy average, and regressing to the Ivy mean hardly constitutes a sacrifice of academic principles—concerns about Amaker’s recruiting are unjustified. Other Ivy schools should be concerned about his recruiting, but only to the extent that it threatens to alter the long-standing balance of power in Ancient Eight hoops...
...college days, performing in castles, and his love for Bach.1. Fifteen Minutes: You met fellow band member Mike Stroud when you were both students at Skidmore. Do you think your experience as a college student will influence what you choose to perform at Harvard?Evan Mast: Not really, I mean we kind of have had a lot of time since college. Mike dropped out after two years, because he wasn’t super into it. I don’t think about college much anymore, especially not when I’m putting together stuff for a show...
...that they’re voting because of someone’s race.” But some residents said they felt the school committee did not give sufficient weight to Turk’s Cambridge roots. “Lifelong service to this city doesn’t mean a damn thing because they’ll screw you,” said Charles L. Stead, Sr., a former principal in the district. “Understand that is the sentiment that is going to be felt by most of the blacks in this city.” Fantini...
...think the fact that the new Prime Minister [Benjamin Netanyahu] is really clear that he wants economic and security change on the West Bank. That's what we agreed we'd work on with him. There are one or two things that [Netanyahu's] term "economic peace" can mean. One, that economic development is a substitute for state, and that's obviously not acceptable. I personally think he wants the second, to build the [Palestinian] state from the bottom up. I understand and buy into that. It's important for the Israeli government to come out and say we want...