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...really hot and humid. Nobody in Mississippi goes running in the summer - at least, nobody sane. Bassett points out that Colorado, the state with the lowest obesity rate (18.9%), is relatively affluent and has a temperate climate and plenty of trails that lend themselves to outdoor activities. (See a special report on the science of appetite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Are Southerners So Fat? | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...only did nuns who avoided dementia later in life have 20% higher linguistic scores as young women, compared with peers who developed symptoms of cognitive decline, but that the relationship held up even in nuns whose brains showed all the physical signs of Alzheimer's. "There is a special group of people who have comparable amount of plaques and tangles - the typical marks of the disease - without the cognitive impairment," says Iacono. "[It appears that] people with higher linguistic scores were protected even in the face of higher pathology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Language Skills Ward Off Alzheimer's? A Nuns' Study | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...families face after the pink slip arrives. Family vacations are put on hold, kids' summer camps and sports programs are eliminated, air-conditioning is used less, movies and even cable are cut or reduced, new clothes and haircuts are postponed and family dinners at restaurants are increasingly reserved for special occasions. To be sure, many of these cuts affect both the husband and wife, but women - even those who work outside the home - still take on more household responsibilities, including cooking, cleaning and taking care of children, whatever their ages. Which means that fewer family dinners out - as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Men's Job Losses Mount, Wives Feel the Impact | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

That's how long it took Nayernia's team to nurture sperm from embryonic stem cells, using a special cocktail of growth factors, nutrients and retinoic acid, a derivative of vitamin A. It is worth noting that researchers could generate IVD sperm only from male embryos; when they tried using stem cells from a female embryo, they were unable to get sperm to mature past the spermatogonial stage. That suggests that genes located on the Y chromosome, which female cells do not contain, may be essential for triggering the maturation of the primitive sperm cell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scientists Create Human Sperm from Stem Cells | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...much-needed addition to the collective wisdom of the Court. Our country’s past and present demonstrate that the Court benefits from distinct perspectives. Our country’s future requires that we move forward toward a more inclusive and diverse Court. We should welcome the special dose of wisdom and outstanding professional qualifications and experiences that Judge Sotomayor’s appointment may bring to the cumulative wisdom of the highest court of our land. Judge Sotomayor’s record and credentials should be scrutinized, as already was done in her two prior confirmation hearings, without...

Author: By Maritza I. Reyes | Title: Latina Experience and Wisdom Welcomed | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

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