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Lonely no more

By Gal Shifron · Monday, Feb. 12,2007 10:32 p.m.

The need to form social connections is deeply rooted in the human psyche. It is secondary only to physical and safety needs. We all need to feel a sense of belonging; it is part of what it means to be human. Young adults especially need to feel connected to a group to belong to the human family. Feeling alone or out of place causes a great deal of stress.

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Food and drink calories comparable

By Erica J. Nourse · Monday, Feb. 5,2007 11:24 p.m.

While college students rush to the bars for a Friday night out, many are unaware they are consuming the caloric value of an entire meal. "Students have no clue the amount of calories they're consuming when they drink," said Bloomington Hospital dietitian Stacy Matavuli.

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Mapping program uses 3-D images

By Katie Ingmire · Monday, Feb. 5,2007 11:23 p.m.

While sitting in a dorm room one day, a student could decide to travel to Paris. He or she blasts off into the stratosphere, and within seconds, can gaze over the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Pyramid or any other Paris landmark. The launching point is a computer. The vessel, the virtual globe program Google Earth. Google Earth, developed in 2004, combines satellite and aerial images with mapping capabilities to create a three-dimensional map of the globe. The photographs do not function in real time but were taken over the past three years and are periodically updated, according to the program's Web site. While Google Earth is free to download, users have to pay for two upgraded versions of the product: Google Earth Plus, which adds GPS device support and faster performance; and Google Earth Pro, which is meant for professional and commercial use.

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Healthy oil introduced at McDonald's

By Dave Carpenter · Monday, Jan. 29,2007 11:20 p.m.

CHICAGO -- McDonald's has finally selected a new trans-fat-free oil for cooking its famous french fries after years of testing, the fast-food chain said Monday. While it has developed a healthier new oil, the company still is not saying when it will be used in all 13,700 U.S. restaurants. It already trails competitors in committing to a zero-trans-fat oil.

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A full-time job

By Gal Shifron · Monday, Jan. 29,2007 11:19 p.m.

One of the most common stressors for college students is, by nature, academic. School is a full-time job. Personal responsibilities that are required from students include attending class, reading assignments, preparing and taking tests, completing research papers and anything else professors might require. The average student carries 15 hours of class and needs at least as many hours of preparation time.

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Are we alone?

By Savannah Worley · Monday, Jan. 29,2007 11:17 p.m.

Answers about whether people are alone in the universe might lie beneath Earth's surface. The subsurface of Earth is very similar to that of the planet Mars, said IU geology professor Lisa Pratt. Pratt leads a team of scientists from the Indiana Princeton Tennessee Astrobiology Initiative, which is funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Pratt and her team recently found bacteria living in the subsurface of Earth. The key to life in the subsurface seems to be sulfur, which also exists on Mars. Pratt said that if it's possible for the bacteria to live here, there is a possibility that a similar organism could survive on Mars. "It's very philosophical," Pratt said. "We're finding out we're not alone, where life originated and how it is evolving all over the universe." Because the subsurfaces of Earth and Mars are so similar in their geographic and chemical makeups, the probability of microorganisms living on Mars is high, Pratt said. "We should actually prove that (life) is not there," she said.

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Landlines lose ground to mobile

Monday, Jan. 22,2007 11:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans with traditional landline telephones has declined sharply over the past three years -- a trend with ramifications for phone surveys that inform policy and market research. About one in eight households did not have a landline telephone in the first half of 2006, according to data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collected in its National Health Interview Survey. Three years earlier, it was about one in 20.

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Black hole envelops Mercury-size mass

By Roberta Kwok · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 11:22 p.m.

Imagine going for decades without a substantial meal. According to recent observations, it's been 50 years since the black hole in the middle of the Milky Way took a big gulp. This supermassive black hole, named Sagittarius A*, is equivalent in mass to 3 million suns -- and its appetite is proportionally as large. Astronomers estimate the gaseous "meal" ingested by the black hole tipped the scales at roughly the same mass as the planet Mercury.

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A 'KiSS' is what hamsters need for sex

By Sara Schrock · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 11:22 p.m.

A hormone that humans need for puberty has been found to play a role in seasonal reproduction in hamsters, say IU researchers. The hormone, kisspeptin, or "KiSS," is a recently discovered neuropeptide -- protein produced in the brain -- and appears to mediate the decline in libido that male hamsters experience as winter approaches and the days become shorter.

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Proposed tax would further limit smokers

By Elizabeth Dilts and Liz Dilts · Monday, Jan. 15,2007 10:42 p.m.

It's 9 p.m. and 40 degrees outside, but three men are standing behind a dumpster. Two girls are loitering in the middle of a courtyard. Their hands, torsos and faces are covered. They're talking quietly, standing in a fog of breath and smoke. Even if they weren't hooded or leaning into each other, you wouldn't be able to see their faces. But they aren't doing anything illegal. "I'm against smoking in-doors, but as long as it's out here in the courtyard, I think it's fine," freshman Nick Benson said before taking a drag from his cigarette. He averages a 3.2 grade-point average. Freshman Katja Sednew agrees that outdoor smoking should be tolerated. "I feel like (if we are) 30 feet from a building, people can avoid (smokers)," Sednew said. If anti-smoking advocates were only worried about second-hand smoke, these students might be right. But according to a study by the Indiana State Department of Health's Epidemiology Resource Center, smoking is an anti-status symbol of the poor and uneducated. The study says people with lower socio-economic status are more likely to smoke to cope with the stresses of poverty.

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Stressed? Aren't we all

By Gal Shifron · Monday, Jan. 15,2007 10:39 p.m.

Stress can be defined as the conflict between a desired situation and the reality of what actually is. For example, we experience stress when the desired situation is earning an 'A' on a research paper due tomorrow but the reality is that you have just started to read the necessary materials.

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Kinsey Confidential

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Dec. 5,2006 10:53 p.m.

QUESTION: My boyfriend and I mutually masturbate each other. We take turns; I'll do it to him and then he'll to it to me. If we are careful to wipe all the semen off of our hands, his hands especially, is there any way I could get pregnant from this? Or is it just a risk if there would be actual fl uid that got inside me?

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Have your pie and eat it, too

By Allyson O’Connor · Tuesday, Dec. 5,2006 12:43 a.m.

Eggnog. Sugar cookies. Pumpkin pie. With the holidays comes a swirl of tasty treats and home-cooked meals that can tempt even the most stalwart dieters into a sugary heaven. But does a flurry of high-calorie foods forecast weight gain when winter arrives?

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