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...creates an excited state in the STT neurons that scratching inhibits - as if our fingernails were sending a message to spinal-cord neurons to cool off. Scientists are still a long way from understanding the itch-scratch phenomenon, and while Giesler's study gives them a good place to start, neuroscientists caution that in humans, the mysteries of itching and scratching may go beyond the physiological: emotional and psychological factors are also often at play, especially in cases of unexplained, unremitting itching or itching of phantom limbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Does Scratching Relieve an Itch? | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...site plays host to fashion sales, which, just like the real thing, fling open the doors to the current wares of a single designer?Zac Posen, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Alessandro Dell'Acqua?at insider prices ranging from 50% to 70% off. All sales have a daily start time of noon Eastern and last for a breathless 36 hours. And, of course, only invited guests are privy. (Befriend a member and ask for an invite to join.) "We really prize doing it in a way that is incredibly exciting," says Maybank. But the bottom line, says Wilson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gilt-y Pleasures | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...want to start saying there are major shifts one way or major shifts another way, but I think people will think a little more, maybe.' ?Christopher Bailey, designer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...When the economy changes, it's not like you want to start eating bad-tasting chocolate.' ?Olivier Theyskens, designer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...Both Washington and Ankara seem ready to start over. Both see Turkey playing an important role in regional issues, from Syrian-Israeli peace talks to oil and gas security in the Caucasus and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. "Under Bush, Ankara and Washington were divided on many fronts," says Sahin Alpay, politics professor at Bahcesehir University in Istanbul. "With Obama, they are moving closer together on all of these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey Is Ready to Welcome Obama | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

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