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...these same people have high levels of a compound called beta carotene in their blood. Like its chemical cousin vitamin A, beta carotene--which is found in carrots, squash and leafy, dark-green vegetables--seems to act like a biochemical broom, sweeping out of the body toxins that can trigger cancerous growth and heart problems. Could taking pills with extra doses of the compound confer some of the same benefits? Millions of vegetable-hating Americans hoped so. Urged on by promotions of the vitamin industry, the public spent $75 million last year on beta-carotene supplements...
...olestra isn't totally benign. It can trigger intestinal cramping, flatulence and loose bowels. It keeps the body from absorbing some carotenoids, nutrients that may lower the risk of cancer and heart disease. In its original formulation, it also reduced the absorption of vitamins A, D, E and K and caused a condition delicately referred to as "anal leakage." And while most other artificial food additives are eaten by the milligram, olestra would be gulped grams at a time, making it what nutritionists call a "macroingredient"--it would, for example, account for about one-third, by weight, of every potato...
...structure and surprise." Too much order makes change impossible; too much chaos and there can be no continuity. But since balancing acts are necessarily precarious, even the most adroit tightrope walkers sometimes make one move too many. Mass extinctions, chaos theory suggests, do not require comets or volcanoes to trigger them. They arise naturally from the intrinsic instability of the evolving system, and superior fitness provides no safety...
...overcame my DIMS. And immediately contracted an acute case of DAS--Doom addiction syndrome. In the space of a week, I was late for two meetings, canceled three lunches and spoke curtly to friends and family. Worse, my trigger finger has begun to itch when, in real life, I round the corner to the coffee machine. The demons, I fear, are everywhere. I plan to worry about that later, after I escape from Level...
...harm to the public. But four such packages have been smuggled into Russia, according to Basayev, who claimed that at least two of them also contain dynamite that could be detonated at will. "The war has become like a slow fuse," said Basayev, "but a small event can trigger a big explosion." Moscow authorities quickly activated a citywide radiation-monitoring system...