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| Eat, drink and be fat |
| Feel proud if someone calls you a ‘binger’, says William Leith |
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wake up on the fattest day of my life, January 20, 2003.
I am just over six feet tall, and weigh... how much? I
step on the scale and off it very quickly, to limit the
damage ? 16 stones 12 pounds [107 kilograms]. This is
how I feel: light-headed, shaky, with a raw sensation,
almost a pain, just below my ribs. I can feel the acid
wash of heartburn in my gullet and the gurgle of juices
in my guts. Hunger.... | Read.. |
| Does Atkins have the answer? |
| The large waiting room of the Atkins Centre in New York is about the size of two squash courts, and exudes the bright, hopeful air of the Seventies. A
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| Enigma of language |
| How did mankind learn the art of language? This fascinating question, once buried unceremoniously, has resurfaced, shattering a three-millennium-old h
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| Digital darkroom |
One of the great attractions of digital photography
is the ability to tweak pictures without facing
the complexities of the darkroom. Instead, there
are the complexities of photo-editing... |
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| QED: IQ rising, really?
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Twenty-three years ago, US political philosopher James Flynn came across a curious trend: average intelligent quotient (IQ) scores in every industrialised nation on the planet had been steadily increasing. Even though many scientists have trashed the
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| Recommended:
Life under utmost secrecy
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EAST PALACE
Jennet Conant
Simon & Schuster; $26.95... | Read.. |
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Why Corner
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| Why do neon signs glow in different colours? |
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If you scare easily, maybe you’d better not read this column. Then again, maybe a good scare is really what you need to get your immunisation against tetanus up to date. Thanks to the widespread use of a vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis and ... | 
