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...could do wonders for the prostate. A new study found that men with high exposure to the sun had half the risk of prostate cancer than men who spent most of their days indoors. Why? The prostate uses vitamin D--which the body makes in response to sunlight--to help prostate cells grow normally and crowd out cancer cells in the organ...
...this building says is that maybe craftsmanship has a high-tech future after all. To connect the de Young visually to its setting in Golden Gate Park, the architects have wrapped the structure in a copper skin embossed and perforated to produce, from a distance, the appearance of dappled sunlight filtering through trees. That pattern was copied from the blurred pixels of a digital photograph, then converted by computer into a blueprint to guide the manufacture of holes and indentations on thousands of individual copper plates...
...American art, and the exterior can be seen as a tough, gleefully manic (that is, American) work of Cubist sculpture or as a giant brushed-stainless-steel popcorn kernel, or as a wizard's castle in some 23rd century fairy tale. Inside, where huge skylights bathe the galleries in sunlight, the feeling is serene but never static...
...prefer the Bruges Lace's genteel paisley (the eyewear starts at $460, and optical lenses are also available). As with most fashion trends, slatted sunglasses are nothing new. Theo's line was inspired by the Inuit, who have worn wooden masks with a single slit to block the northern sunlight for hundreds of years. That's not a look likely to hit the department stores anytime soon, but Theo's designs may well prove a shady business winner. www.theo.be
...it’s not worth it, I’ll spare you the details.)Yet crazy living seems to be what college is all about. Despite the heartburn from unhealthy midnight snacks and the hassles of shutting out the day’s most intense sunlight so we can sleep until 2 p.m., we are reluctant to change our behavior. “College time” is such a potent force that it makes the transition between the East and West coasts pale in comparison. After all, three hours is only about how long it takes freshmen girls...