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...high-fructose corn syrup used to sweeten soft drinks as one of the reasons so many U.S. kids are overweight. It certainly doesn't help mice stay trim. In an experiment at the University of Cincinnati, mice that drank fructose-laced water ate less food, gained more weight and put on 90% more body fat than mice that drank only water. Scientists say fructose may affect metabolism in a way that favors fat storage, but that's sure to be disputed too. --By David Bjerklie
...really don't intend for their sexuality to be taken seriously. Finally, girls are talking about their own powerful feelings; they have complex and sometimes overwhelming insights into life. Their joy can be great and is visible, but their despair is hidden in solitary late-night crying, journal entries, weight obsessions and, for a few, the secret self-mutilation of cutting...
...especially active in sports. I am on a competitive swim team, I go to an aerobics class, and I take part in yoga, sometimes with my sister (who I absolutely adore despite some of her teasing), sometimes with my mom, who is helping me in my struggle to lose weight. No matter how much exercise I get or dieting I do, my weight keeps coming back...
...then on July 26, the skies burst. A meter of monsoon rain fell on Saki Naka in 24 hours. Under the weight, the 30-meter cliff behind the Afzad family home collapsed. The approximately 25 shacks that had perched on top of the cliff fell onto another 25, which, like the Afzad's, were nestled below, according to Bombay Joint Chief Fire Officer G.S. Sawant. The landslide killed 150 people, including Afzad's parents, three teenage sisters, and his 12-year-old brother...
...during liftoff to prevent at least some foam from breaking off. What NASA engineers have done over the past two years is work to improve the contours, and the application of the foam, in the hope that no piece of foam that does break off exceeds .03 lbs., the weight at which the foam, at that acceleration, could begin to present the danger of serious damage. So what surprised NASA isn't that they lost a few bits of foam, but that one of the pieces that fell off was very big: Almost as big as the piece that killed...