Fish consumption at all time high, says ...
Bordeaux vineyards go organic, slowly bu...
U.S. farmers get OK to plant GMO alfalfa...
The US Department of Agriculture said on Thursday farmers could proceed with planting genetically altered alfalfa without any of the restrictions that opponents say are crucial to protect organic and conventional farm fields from contamination. The decision, closely watched by supporters and protesters...
Black Sea Oil...
The quest for black gold, oil is an ever on going saga of the modern age. US-based ExxonMobil, the biggest privately-controlled oil company in the world, will make a new investment in Russia for the first time in over a decade as Moscow seeks to thaw its frosty investor climate and keep its oil flowing....
Warm summers shown to slow down glaciers...
Hotter summers may not be such a disaster for the Greenland ice sheet after all, if the latest research is anything to go by. Scientists have found that Greenland glaciers flow slower in warmer summers than they do during cooler ones. Although this seems counter-intuitive, the researchers explain that...
Overuse of Antibiotics is Causing Superb...
Problems include overusing livestock antibiotics and over-treating human patients.
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Overuse of Antibiotics is Causing Superbugs and Costing us $16 Billion a Year
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Little Progress Disposing of 34 Metric T...
Too slow, too expensive, too risky: the multi-billion dollar Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) program, under construction at the Savannah River Site, continues to be controversial. A technology chosen by the United States in the mid-1990s to contribute to the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, today it is being...
Obama’s Repeal of "Global Gag ...
Agencies work to empower women and confront population increases.
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Obama’s Repeal of "Global Gag Rule" Paved Way for Family Planning Aid
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Egyptian jackal is actually ancient wolf...
Plants Go Down and Not Up...
When it gets warmer vegetation and animal life adapt and change. Different populations move in from warmer climes to former colder climes. One widely held assumption is that it gets colder as the elevation gets higher so that as the climate gets warmer life that has adapted to a warmer environment will...
Arctic current warmest in 2,000 years...
A North Atlantic current flowing into the Arctic Ocean is warmer than for at least 2,000 years in a sign that global warming is likely to bring ice-free seas around the North Pole in summers, a study showed. Scientists said that waters at the northern end of the Gulf Stream, between Greenland and the...
U.N. Chief Ban Ki-moon shifts focus from...
Recall of Toxic Waste-Brand ChildrenR...
Toxic Waste-brand “Nuclear Sludge” chew bars are being recalled because of excessive lead content. Exposure to lead can cause permanent brain damage.
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Recall of Toxic Waste-Brand Children’s Chew Bars Expands
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Don’t Take That Cookie!...
Stop it! Don’t touch that! Sit down and be quiet! Whether you heeded these commands as a child could help predict your future. A new study suggests that people who show less self-control as young children are more likely to have failing health, greater debt, and run-ins with the law later in life....
New melt record for Greenland ice sheet...
New York: New research shows that 2010 set new records for the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, expected to be a major contributor to projected sea level rises in coming decades.
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New melt record for Greenland ice sheet
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California Olive Oil...
Most of the olive oil Americans consume is imported from southern Europe. The Mediterranean region alone provides 95 percent of all olive oil worldwide. The largest grower, Spain, supplies a third, followed by Italy, Greece, and Portugal. However, a new player may be entering the scene from half a world...
Dish Sanitizer...
Most institutions (such as restaurants) have a dish washing machine which sanitizes dishes by a final rinse in either very hot water or a chemical sanitizing solution (e.g. bleach solution). Dishes are placed on large trays and fed onto rollers through the machine. The bleach solution is quite dilute...
Bird Feeders Can Skew Breeding Behaviors...
As temperatures dip low in the Northern Hemisphere’s deep midwinter, many birds are no doubt feasting on the seeds and suet hanging outside many of our homes. More than 40 percent of U.S. households and nearly 50 percent of U.K. households feed birds, according to estimates.
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Yellowstone bison debate...
Sea Census Locates 1200 New Marine Speci...
A newly concluded Census of Marine Life, covering most of the world’s seas and oceans, has discovered over 1,200 new species of sea creatures. The ten year study, completed in October, 2010, was composed of 3,000 scientists from 80 countries, including a few from Israel, and cost $370 million USD....
