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...regardless of the intentions of politicians, subsidies and price controls tend to produce unintended consequences. They distort normal consumption patterns and subvert the law of supply and demand. When oil supplies are low and crude prices rise, consumption falls, bringing prices back down as demand and supply balance out. But if consumers are insulated from the market, paying an artificially low price for fuel, they tend to use as much or even more - which strains supplies further and forces oil prices even higher...
...kids? Many clinicians say no. "We actually find that children who diet gain more weight than their peers," says pediatrician Dr. Alison Field from Children's Hospital Boston, who has been following the weight-control behaviors of almost 17,000 kids. It's not just that kids who diet tend to gain back the weight later; it's that dieting brings up all sorts of unbidden psychological responses that sabotage the process. After all, self-deprivation is one thing; being told by someone else that you can't eat--even when you feel hungry--is another...
...easy fear to hype, given how opaque these funds tend to be. But even the most conspiracy-minded find it hard to work themselves into a panic over Norway's Government Pension Fund-Global. That's not to say it's lacking in clout. With assets of $382 billion at the end of March, it's the world's second-largest sovereign wealth fund, trailing only the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, which weighs in at about $875 billion. Norway's fund, flush with money from the nation's oil and gas, has stakes in 7,000 firms - from Google...
...With age, the cells in the hypothalamus become less active. It's a situation that is made worse by the fact that the elderly tend to spend less time outdoors in the sunlight, which increases melatonin production in the pineal gland, causing sleep and mood disturbances. In earlier studies, Van Someren showed that Alzheimer's patients living in homes who preferred darker rooms were the most restless during the night. Combined with this study's findings, he now believes that the inactivity of these biological-clock cells can be reversed...
...Environmental groups tend to be wary of many waste-to-energy schemes, and say the best remedy for bulging landfills is more recycling. But Tony Grimshaw, project director for Energos, the Norwegian energy company building the plant, says, "There are practical and economic limits to how much you can recycle." He claims the Isle of Wight project, which is partly funded with $5.4 million in government aid, will prove both an economic and environmental success...