Word: thermostatically
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...Sets the thermostat too warm for the other astronauts...
...like most people, you've never given your thyroid a second thought. Shaped like a bow tie and wrapped around the windpipe at the base of the throat, the thyroid helps regulate your body's metabolism much as a thermostat controls the temperature in your house. But if you're female and 50 or older--or love someone who is--you need to consider whether the old thermostat is still working. Last week the American College of Physicians, a conservative arbiter of treatment standards, recommended a blood test for thyroid disorders at least once every five years for all women...
CLIMATE COUNTS The thermostat may help your heart as much as a StairMaster does. A study credits heating and air conditioning with a drop in fatal heart attacks in the U.S. Extreme temperatures can put undue stress on the cardiovascular system...
...this view, Cog may indeed have consciousness. So might a pandemonium machine. So might a thermostat. Chalmers thinks it quite possible that AI research may someday generate--may now be generating--new spheres of consciousness unsensed by the rest of us. Strange as it may seem, the prospect that we are creating a new species of sentient life is now being taken seriously in philosophy...
...toothed grin that is both wary and omnivorous (actually, he looks a lot like David Letterman minus the hair). As Diller talks, he twists himself into ligament-straining positions on the couch. He fidgets with his socks, gets up again and again to fiddle with the thermostat--it's as if he can't help exuding nervous energy...