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...turnaround, President Hugo Chávez announced that he would accept the verdict - due in mid-February - of the National Electoral Council on the validity of an opposition petition for a recall vote. Organizers of the petition claim to have collected more than the 2.4 million signatures needed to trigger a vote, which might force Chávez to stand down...
...KNOW YOUR LIMITS Pay someone else to shovel the sidewalk if you have a heart condition. Cold air can be particularly hard on your lungs if you have asthma, but it can also trigger problems in folks who don't. Wearing a scarf or mask will reduce the amount of cold air going into your lungs. Call your doctor if you cough a lot and develop shortness of breath after exercising. "Minus 10 is not that bad if you're dressed for it and are used to it," says Dr. Roberts...
...well as those that are ingested. High above the earth, a European space-agency satellite is transmitting data to L'Oreal about where global-pollution levels are strongest--so L'Oreal can adapt its moisturizers. There's even a team of people trying to figure out how to biologically trigger total color recall in human hair, potentially making hair dye a thing of the distant past...
Endocrinologists have known for years that oxytocin, released by the pituitary gland, ovaries and testes, helps trigger childbirth contractions, milk production during nursing and the pelvic shudders women experience during orgasm (and possibly the contractions during male orgasm as well). The hormone is believed to play a vital role in mother-child bonding and may do the same for new fathers: oxytocin surges when a new dad holds his bundle of joy. Some researchers also think of oxytocin as a cuddle chemical. Preliminary studies by psychiatrist Kathleen Light at the University of North Carolina have found that oxytocin levels rise...
Because menstrual cycles and sexuality are part of an overall system, it's possible that pheromones could trigger desire. Perfumemakers that market pheromone-based scents have latched onto this notion. It's plausible, says Altman, "but I don't think the science is very good on it." Pfaus agrees: "I hope it's true. Totally on faith, I believe it. The problem is that the scientist in me says, 'O.K., but what are these pheromones, and who has shown...