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...Fatah who goes by the nom de guerre Mullah Krekar, took inspiration from Afghan mujahedin to launch a rebellion against the two feuding secular factions that divvy up Iraqi Kurdistan. Krekar, who carries a Norwegian passport, is a veteran of the mujahedin known for his ruthlessness. "He is not normal," says a Kurdish intelligence official. "He enjoys killing people...
Although leptin has since turned into something of a disappointment as an obesity treatment for humans--the vast majority of obese people turn out to have normal leptin levels--its discovery touched off a scientific gold rush that has yet to abate. Competing research teams in the U.S. and Europe have so far identified at least half a dozen other compounds that have surprising power to regulate appetite. Researchers at London's Imperial College of Medicine showed just last month that one of those hormones, dubbed PYY3-36, actually promotes a sense of fullness after a meal...
...Lowell at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston last month pinpointed three genes that may account for at least some of that variation. Mice that lack the genes, they reported in Science, grow grossly obese when fed a high-calorie diet enriched with fat and sucrose. By contrast, normal mice fed the same diet gain very modest amounts of weight...
...wonder, then, that since 9/11, which accelerated the worst downturn in U.S. aviation history, the major carriers have been whistling in the dark, waiting for their business to return to "normal." But with US Airways' move last week to seek bankruptcy protection, United's warning that it was sliding that way and American's announcement of "fundamental structural changes," the majors as much as admitted that they can't wait any longer for the friendly skies to return. They have to start building a new business model--one focused on both leisure travelers and the growing ranks of business travelers...
Linguists have long been fascinated by a London extended family with a rare hereditary speech disorder. Half the 30 family members have a genetic mutation that makes clear speech impossible. Although normal in other respects, they can't pronounce complex words like hippopotamus and don't use connecting terms like or and if. Researchers isolated the responsible gene last year and dubbed it FOXP2. Now comes tantalizing evidence that FOXP2 may have played a role in the evolution of modern humans...