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  • May 2008

    • To Beat Jet Lag, Skip Airline Food

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 23, 08 7:05 AM CDT

      To Beat Jet Lag, Skip Airline Food

      (Newser) - Jet lag can be beaten—if passengers avoid airline food, new research suggests. The timing of meals has a profound effect on the body's internal rhythms, and passengers who go without for a while—keeping the body's "food-related clock" in check—can dodge much of the exhausting effects of jet lag, reports the Daily Telegraph. More »

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      biological clock  • internal clock  • jet lag  • time zones  • airline food  • long haul flights

  • April 2008

    • Test Counts 'Good Eggs' to Track Fertility

      Chicago Tribune  |  Apr 24, 08 12:33 PM CDT

      Test Counts 'Good Eggs' to Track Fertility

      (Newser) - Women wondering how much time is left on their biological clocks have a new option, the Chicago Tribune reports. A new test called Plan Ahead, on the market for $350, claims to measure how many high-quality eggs a woman has remaining and thus some indication of childbearing potential. But some doctors are leery of offering it, saying the test could be unreliable, and doesn’t predict actual fertility. More »

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      children  • women's health  • fertility  • reproduction  • fertility treatment  • biological clock

    • Mariah Carey: No Babies for Me

      New York Daily News  |  Apr 23, 08 10:00 AM CDT

      Mariah Carey: No Babies for Me

      (Newser) - Mariah Carey may be nearing her 40th birthday but the singer isn't worried about her biological clock, reports the New York Daily News . That's because she has no plans to have kids—in fact, she'd "feel violated' by having a baby. "I know that's a weird thing to say, but that's how I am," she said. "For now, I enjoy my dog Jack's company." More »

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      celebrity  • music  • singer  • motherhood  • Mariah Carey  • biological clock

  • February 2008

    • 55M Monarchs Can't Be Wrong

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 11, 08 4:58 PM CST

      55M Monarchs Can't Be Wrong

      (Newser) - The 1-ounce monarch butterfly may have a thing or two to teach us: Each year, some 55 million monarchs make a 4,000-mile multigenerational journey from Canada to Mexico, returning to the same forest, often the same tree, without relying on GPS. How? The insects rely on a unique internal clock that may be the prototype for our own, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      genes  • insects  • migration  • butterflies  • biological clock  • monarch butterflies

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