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...French capitulation and Italy's draw sets up a do or die repeat of the 2006 World Cup final between them next Tuesday - certainly without Zinedine Zindane and likely without his foil Marco Materazzi - while the Romanians take on the Dutch, who are through to the next round. A couple of draws and Romania advances...
...easy watching your own history repeat itself. At first, Jo--a 49-year-old mother of two from Georgia--thought she would be spared having to witness her children relive her long struggle with obesity. Indeed, when Jo's second child Renee was born 12 weeks early, weighing just 2 lb. 11 oz. (1.2 kg), obesity was the last thing on Jo's mind...
...regain it. Research suggests that the yo-yo cycle can lead to loss in bone density and lean muscle mass, organs and bones, jeopardizing overall health. In fact, at least 15 major studies have shown higher death rates for adults after yo-yo weight cycling. "Research consistently links repeat dieting to increased weights instead of lower ones," says Frances Berg, a nutritionist and author of the book Underage and Overweight. Meanwhile, Berg adds, "Children can suffer nutrient deficiencies, immune suppression and dangerous stress levels...
These may be lessons most of us must repeat again and again, but science increasingly is learning something from them. A generation ago, the paradigm-shifting understanding of chaos theory revealed the power of disorder in meteorology, marketing, plate tectonics and more. Similarly, investigators across the social and scientific spectrums are today studying how systems that seem simple or complex may be just the opposite--and how that fact can expand our understanding of our world. "Ask me why I forgot my keys today, and the answer may be that something was on my mind," says neuroscientist Chris Wood...
...which it is partnering with countries like the U.S. and Israel to devise technologies that are more sustainable. It is looking at developing and introducing transgenic crops and other advances in biotechnology. But, as Surinder Singh of Kheti Virasat points out, the government must ensure that it doesn't repeat the mistakes it made the first time around. "The Punjab farmer basks in the glory of making Punjab the bread basket of India," he says, "but the price has been too high. Punjab cannot pay with the lives of its next generation...