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TSAPARIS TSCIENCE IN
WHICH I'LL SHARE
WITH YOU
INTERESTING SCIENCE
STORIES FROM THE
PAST WEEK AND DON'T
WORRY--IT WON'T
HURT AT ALL--AND
WHO KNOWS-- YOU
JUST MIGHT LEARN A
THING OR TWO.
GUERILLA
WARFARE--OR SHOULD
I SAY 'BABOON
WARFARE'-- BABOON'S
HAVE BEEN STAKING
OUT FARMERS
MARKETS IN CAPE
TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
AND STEALING
PRODUCE FROM
PEOPLE. THIS BOLD
BABOON STOLE STICKS
OF RHUBARB AND AN
AVOCADO FROM THIS
WOMAN.
THE CHACMA BABOON
IS A PROTECTED
SPECIES. NOW THEY
FLOURISH AND
INTERFERE WITH
HUMANS--THERE'S
EVEN BEEN REPORTS
OF THEM RAIDING
PEOPLE'S HOMES.
AND ARE LOTTERY
TICKETS TIED TO THE
LOSS OF SELF-
CONTROL? THAT'S
WHAT ONE STUDY
SHOWS. IT FOUND
THAT PEOPLE WHO
BOUGHT TICKETS EAT
MORE AND PURCHASE
THINGS THEY CAN'T
AFFORD.
BUYING TICKETS
TRIGGER WHAT
PSYCHOLOGISTS CALL
"LOW-LEVEL
CONSTRUAL" WHERE
PEOPLE FANTISIZE
ABOUT PURCHASING
EVERYTHING THEY'VE
ALWAYS WANTED.
VERSUS "HIGH-LEVEL
CONSTRUAL" WHERE
PEOPLE WANT SAVE
OR INVEST THE
WINNINGS.
AND SPEAKING OF
CASH, HOW BOUT
MAKING 18 THOUSAND
BUCKS SIMPLY BY
LAYING IN BED? NO,
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU
THINK--NASA IS
LOOKING FOR
SUBJECTS TO REMAIN
IN A SPECIALLY TILTED
BED FOR 70 DAYS
STRAIGHT.
THE STUDY EXAMINES
THE EFFECTS OF
LONGTERM
WEIGHTLESSNESS ON
ASTRONAUTS'
BODIES--WHICH DOES
INCLUDING A
DECREASE IN BONE
DENSITY AND MUSCLE
ATROPHY.