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/////////////////////Symmetry really is sexy say scientistsBy Roger Highfield, Science Editor
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 10/10/2007
A "beauty spot", wonky nose or a lopsided grin are a turnoff, according to a study published today that shows that symmetry is sexy.
Research to find whether symmetrical faces are more or less attractive in the UK and the Hadza of Tanzania, one of the last hunter gatherer cultures, has found that a symmetrical face is indeed a turn on, whatever your culture.
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 10/10/2007
A "beauty spot", wonky nose or a lopsided grin are a turnoff, according to a study published today that shows that symmetry is sexy.
Research to find whether symmetrical faces are more or less attractive in the UK and the Hadza of Tanzania, one of the last hunter gatherer cultures, has found that a symmetrical face is indeed a turn on, whatever your culture.
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By Dave Mosher, SPACE.com
Dark matter is a mysterious something invoked by scientists to explain mass they know is out there but which can't be seen. The invisible matter, far more prevalent than regular matter, is evident by its gravitational effects on galaxies. And as researchers hunt for the strange stuff, they need not worry about it disappearing any time soon, if that makes any sense.
New calculations show at least 2.1 million- billion years must pass for half of the invisible stuff to decay, if it does at all.
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By Dave Mosher, SPACE.com
Dark matter is a mysterious something invoked by scientists to explain mass they know is out there but which can't be seen. The invisible matter, far more prevalent than regular matter, is evident by its gravitational effects on galaxies. And as researchers hunt for the strange stuff, they need not worry about it disappearing any time soon, if that makes any sense.
New calculations show at least 2.1 million- billion years must pass for half of the invisible stuff to decay, if it does at all.
/////////////////////Six Millennia of Truth Seeking
Robert P. Crease
From Clockwork to Crapshoot: A History of Physics. Roger G. Newton. xii + 340 pp. Harvard University Press, 2007. $29.95.
According to historian Roger G. Newton, the thing that has gradually separated physics from the other branches of science over the past 6,000 years is "the ability to predict future events with some confidence of success." Humans demonstrably had this ability (with regard to the movements of heavenly bodies, for example) as far back as 4000 B.C., which is where Newton begins his new history of physics, From Clockwork to Crapshoot. It is a general-interest survey that seeks to cover a trip lasting six millennia in only 312 pages of text.
The first part speeds by quickly. Three millennia pass in the first 10 pages, and a fourth, dominated by ancient Greece, is gone by page 40. The author treats the Greek world as essentially a precursor to the clockwork universe. This is a gross oversimplification. To Aristotle, the cosmos was less a clock than a vast ecosystem. His view was that it has sometimes overlapping domains inhabited by qualitatively different kinds of things exhibiting qualitatively different kinds of behaviors; to understand it all, he believed, it is necessary to look at things in complementary ways. Thus it would have been nice if the author had paused to indicate how Aristotle might have explained, say, the motion of a horse pulling a cart on the road to Athens—an action whose full explanation would necessarily include the desire of the merchant to feed his family, the market system and so forth. Then later that explanation could have been contrasted with Isaac Newton's discussion in the Principia of a horse tethered to a weight, which involves only forces, masses and velocities. The comparison would have helped readers to understand how Aristotle saw the world and to appreciate more completely the truly novel character of the idea of a clockwork universe that appeared a millennium later.
Robert P. Crease
From Clockwork to Crapshoot: A History of Physics. Roger G. Newton. xii + 340 pp. Harvard University Press, 2007. $29.95.
According to historian Roger G. Newton, the thing that has gradually separated physics from the other branches of science over the past 6,000 years is "the ability to predict future events with some confidence of success." Humans demonstrably had this ability (with regard to the movements of heavenly bodies, for example) as far back as 4000 B.C., which is where Newton begins his new history of physics, From Clockwork to Crapshoot. It is a general-interest survey that seeks to cover a trip lasting six millennia in only 312 pages of text.
The first part speeds by quickly. Three millennia pass in the first 10 pages, and a fourth, dominated by ancient Greece, is gone by page 40. The author treats the Greek world as essentially a precursor to the clockwork universe. This is a gross oversimplification. To Aristotle, the cosmos was less a clock than a vast ecosystem. His view was that it has sometimes overlapping domains inhabited by qualitatively different kinds of things exhibiting qualitatively different kinds of behaviors; to understand it all, he believed, it is necessary to look at things in complementary ways. Thus it would have been nice if the author had paused to indicate how Aristotle might have explained, say, the motion of a horse pulling a cart on the road to Athens—an action whose full explanation would necessarily include the desire of the merchant to feed his family, the market system and so forth. Then later that explanation could have been contrasted with Isaac Newton's discussion in the Principia of a horse tethered to a weight, which involves only forces, masses and velocities. The comparison would have helped readers to understand how Aristotle saw the world and to appreciate more completely the truly novel character of the idea of a clockwork universe that appeared a millennium later.
///////////////////Oxford University takes 54% of students from state schools and its target is to reach 62% within five years.
Cambridge takes 57% of students from state schools, but has a target to reach between 60% and 63% by 2011.
The IPPR said that on current progress, Oxford would not meet its benchmark until 2016, while Cambridge would miss its by a year.
Cambridge takes 57% of students from state schools, but has a target to reach between 60% and 63% by 2011.
The IPPR said that on current progress, Oxford would not meet its benchmark until 2016, while Cambridge would miss its by a year.
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//////////////////Weight Loss Drugs: How Much Do Diet Pills Help?
The truth about weight loss medications and supplements.
By Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD WebMD Weight Loss Clinic-Feature
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
"Clinically proven to help you lose weight without being hungry or working out for hours at the gym!"
You’ve seen the ads promising successful weight loss by taking diet drugs or weight loss supplements, but do they really deliver results? Could weight loss medications and over-the-counter supplements really help to reverse the obesity epidemic?
Experts who spoke to WebMD agreed that there's no such thing as a quick fix or magic bullet when it comes to losing weight. Weight loss medications (not to be confused with dietary supplements) can help you lose weight, but only if you also cut calories and get moving. And effective weight loss, they say, is slow and gradual -- anywhere from 1/2 to 2 pounds per week, even with the help of diet drugs.
"Weight loss medications can be modestly effective, and enhance weight loss by 8%-10%, but medication does not work for everyone," says Robert Kushner, MD, a professor of medicine at Northwest University.
Kushner estimates that about a third of his patients respond well to medication. But he points out that drug therapy is only one part of a lifestyle that also includes a healthy eating plan, regular exercise, and behavior modification.
Louis Aronne, MD, director of the comprehensive weight control program at New York Presbyterian Cornell Weill Medical Center, agrees.
"Medications can really make a difference for some people, but it must be part of a complete lifestyle that includes diet and exercise," he says.
One problem, says Aronne, it is that there are simply not enough medications to choose from.
"We have numerous medications for conditions like high blood pressure, but when it comes to treating obesity we only have a few, and we could use 5-10 different types of weight loss drugs," he says.
Weight Loss Drugs and How They Work
There are two basic types of weight loss drugs -- prescription drugs, which have been around for years, and now, with the release of Alli, over-the-counter medication. Other over-the-counter weight loss remedies are considered dietary supplements; they do not undergo the same type of FDA approval process as drugs.
"Approved weight loss drugs must prove they are safe and effective with strong scientific evidence in order to pass the stringent FDA approval process," says Aronne, former president of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO).
In the prescription drug category, there are basically three choices, Xenical (orlistat), Meridia (sibutramine), and phentermine.
Xenical (orlistat) is a fat blocker that prevents fat from being completely absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. Prescription strength is 120 milligrams; over-the-counter Alli is the same drug at half strength, or 60 milligrams.
The truth about weight loss medications and supplements.
By Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD WebMD Weight Loss Clinic-Feature
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
"Clinically proven to help you lose weight without being hungry or working out for hours at the gym!"
You’ve seen the ads promising successful weight loss by taking diet drugs or weight loss supplements, but do they really deliver results? Could weight loss medications and over-the-counter supplements really help to reverse the obesity epidemic?
Experts who spoke to WebMD agreed that there's no such thing as a quick fix or magic bullet when it comes to losing weight. Weight loss medications (not to be confused with dietary supplements) can help you lose weight, but only if you also cut calories and get moving. And effective weight loss, they say, is slow and gradual -- anywhere from 1/2 to 2 pounds per week, even with the help of diet drugs.
"Weight loss medications can be modestly effective, and enhance weight loss by 8%-10%, but medication does not work for everyone," says Robert Kushner, MD, a professor of medicine at Northwest University.
Kushner estimates that about a third of his patients respond well to medication. But he points out that drug therapy is only one part of a lifestyle that also includes a healthy eating plan, regular exercise, and behavior modification.
Louis Aronne, MD, director of the comprehensive weight control program at New York Presbyterian Cornell Weill Medical Center, agrees.
"Medications can really make a difference for some people, but it must be part of a complete lifestyle that includes diet and exercise," he says.
One problem, says Aronne, it is that there are simply not enough medications to choose from.
"We have numerous medications for conditions like high blood pressure, but when it comes to treating obesity we only have a few, and we could use 5-10 different types of weight loss drugs," he says.
Weight Loss Drugs and How They Work
There are two basic types of weight loss drugs -- prescription drugs, which have been around for years, and now, with the release of Alli, over-the-counter medication. Other over-the-counter weight loss remedies are considered dietary supplements; they do not undergo the same type of FDA approval process as drugs.
"Approved weight loss drugs must prove they are safe and effective with strong scientific evidence in order to pass the stringent FDA approval process," says Aronne, former president of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO).
In the prescription drug category, there are basically three choices, Xenical (orlistat), Meridia (sibutramine), and phentermine.
Xenical (orlistat) is a fat blocker that prevents fat from being completely absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. Prescription strength is 120 milligrams; over-the-counter Alli is the same drug at half strength, or 60 milligrams.
////////////////////IMAGINATION"Live out of your imagination, not your history." -- Stephen R. Covey"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." -- Albert Einstein"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." -- Mark Twain"This world is but a canvas to our imaginations." -- Henry David Thoreau
///////////////////When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.-- African Proverb We have met the enemy, and he is us.-- Walt Kelly
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