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11.22.09

Self-Control is Good, But Only up to a Point

When rigid people make bad choices

By M. Farbman Posted 04.24.2009 at 7:13 am 6 Comments

A strange new study found that people who rated high in self-control made good choices among an array of relatively healthy foods -- until a much healthier option was thrown into the mix, at which point self-control seemed to go out the window.

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Diminishing Days for Emperor Penguins

A new study suggests that if Antarctic ice continues melting at its current rate, the famed penguins will be near-extinct within the century

By Catherine Schwanke Posted 01.27.2009 at 8:33 am 5 Comments

No more happy feet for emperor penguins. According to a new study, if Antarctic ice continues to shrink at its current pace, emperor penguins will face extinction within the next 100 years.

Emperor penguins are one of only two open-sea Antarctic penguin species and depend on the sea ice for survival. After breeding, emperor penguins feed among the coastal pack ice where stretches of water are exposed. As a result of disappearing ice, the emperor penguins are being forced to retreat inward and could easily become displaced by other animals, losing out on nesting space.

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