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...string of metabolic reactions that ultimately lead to weight gain. "Because our bodies are naturally cued to eat at certain times of the day, dining at the wrong time might affect the body's ability to maintain its energy balance," he explains, meaning that our body starts to use its calories differently than it normally would. That in turn could cause fluctuations in numerous hormones, including an increase in ghrelin and a decrease in leptin - the two key hormones that govern appetite and satiety. The hunger hormone ghrelin, which is produced by the stomach, sends a "feed me" message...
...were set, many countries eventually adjusted to conform to the right-hand standard, including Canada in the 1920s, Sweden in 1967 and Burma in 1970. The U.K. and former colonies such as Australia and India are among the Western world's few remaining holdouts. Several Asian nations, including Japan, use the left as well - a possible legacy of samurai warriors who wore their swords on their left and didn't want to bump anyone - though many places use both right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive cars...
...their views, pointing to the explosive nature of the controversy.) "This is certainly not excusing them, but the kinds of [anti-Jewish], anti-Israel comments attributed to Hosni are the lingua franca of Arab political and cultural elites," says one Middle East expert. "Virtually none of it would be used in polite, international company, but officials who fail to use such terms to friendly or domestic audiences won't get much of a hearing...
...defense expects to use these esoteric contradictions against the prosecution when the trial resumes on Sunday. Defense expert Prof Joel Kronfeld of the Department of Geophysics at Tel Aviv University says the new data shatters the prosecution case. "I think this is amazing - it blows my mind," Kronfeld told TIME. "The findings in this study stand in complete contradiction to the assumptions presented by Ayalon and Bar-Matthews, and shed new light on the theory they presented to the court. They not only undercut their own arguments for determining that the patina on several items was not natural but rather...
...registered arguably the loudest outcry over the education speech President Obama plans to deliver to U.S. primary and secondary students via webcast and C-Span next Tuesday, Sept. 8. In perhaps the most over-the-top performance, state Republican chairman Jim Greer called it an attempt to use "our children to spread liberal propaganda" and "President Obama's socialist ideology...