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...most of human evolution, a stressful world would have been marked by famines or periods of starvation, and that environment might have resulted in a particular pattern of gene expression that would have prompted the body to store more fat in preparation for the next bout of scarcity. Today, of course, the same response to stress would result in obesity. This theory of a thrifty fat-storing system that kicks in under high levels of early stress was originally proposed by British physician David Barker. (See pictures from an X-ray studio...
According to Don Lattin’s The Harvard Psychedelic Club (HarperCollins, $24.99), which goes on sale today, there was apparently a time at Harvard when it was perfectly hunky-dory for professors to give LSD to their students—for purely scientific purposes, of course...
...toxic benzene into the Songhua river in northeastern China, tainting the water supply for several million residents of the city of Harbin. While that disaster helped sparked new public awareness of the extent of the nation's water pollution, the lessons of 2005 are still being painfully relearned today.(See pictures of the world's most polluted places...
...think I just came off the bench and played with a lot of energy,” he said. “I started to play my role even better. We executed our stuff and I just happened to be finishing a lot today...
...just Jeremy today,” Curry said. “It’s not surprising, it’s not unusual for him, it’s kind of expected. He’s a great player, one the best playmakers in the country...