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...When I asked him specifically if he would want to retain Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense, Obama said, "I'm not going to let you pin me down ... but I'd certainly be interested in the sort of people who served in the first Bush Administration." Gates was George H.W. Bush's CIA director - and he has been a superb Secretary of Defense, as good in that post as his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, was awful...
...Vilain, who studies the genetic factors behind sexuality and sexual orientation, notes that it may turn out that the brains of gay men possess only some 'feminized' structures, while retaining some masculine ones, and this is reflected in how they act on their sexuality. "We know from studies that men, regardless of their sexual orientation, retain masculine characteristics when it comes to their sexual behavior," he says. Both gay and straight men, for example, tend to prefer younger partners, in contrast to women, who gravitate toward older partners. Most men are also more likely than women to engage in casual...
Todd Diedrich watches a lone tractor churn up dust as it lumbers down rows of still-green plants. "We're trying to patch up the cracks," the farmer explains, referring to his desperate effort to retain what little moisture remains in the ground, now that he has been forced to turn down his irrigation drip. Diedrich says the California drought could cost him 750 acres, which he estimates to be worth $3 million. He gestures to the land that his family has been farming for decades. "This will all be gone," he says. "And there may not be a 'next...
Weber notes, however, that hyperforin tends to oxidize and therefore lose potency in pill form. More recent formulations, she says, may retain this potency slightly longer, and therefore may have greater effects on ADHD symptoms - but only an additional study can establish whether that's the case...
...forced Harvard to hand over the Stein Cup to Brown for just the seventh time in the 43-year history of the program. The next weekend, the varsity eight returned to its winning ways with a thrilling 0.5-second victory over Princeton on the Charles, allowing the Crimson to retain the Compton Cup for the second year running. While the visiting Tigers led from the beginning, Harvard methodically cut into Princeton’s lead through the duration of the course. By the last 600 meters, the Crimson had slashed the Tigers’ six-seat lead to just...