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Melting glaciers and snow put millions at risk in Asia

Increased melting of glaciers and snow in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau threatens the food security of millions of people in Asia, a study shows, with Pakistan likely to be among the nations hardest hit. A team of scientists in Holland studied the impacts of climate change on five major Asian rivers on which about 1.4 billion people, roughly a fifth of humanity, depend for water to drink and to irrigate crops.

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The New Synthetic Cell

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The Neanderthal in You

Whatever happened to Neanderthal man and woman? Where did they go? After extracting ancient DNA from the 40,000 year old bones of Neanderthals, scientists have obtained a draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome, yielding important new insights into the evolution of modern humans

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suki, inc.

this spotlight illustrates the success of one small, ethical company that is making a name for itself by formulating & manufacturing effective, high quality, clinically proven personal care that is completely synthetic free. suki® clinically proven natural solutions™, is steeped in a foundation of hard science while at the same time being truly pure & containing substantive amounts of organic, fair trade & food grade ingredients & of course, never testing any products on animals, are what president / formulator / owner Suki Kramer calls “the inevitable evolution of skincare.” the only brand of its kind that conducts clinical trials, suki® puts their money where their mouth is & backs up their claims of highest efficacy in the brand’s technologically advanced, yet synthetic-free product line. these formulas combine advances of science & the powers nature in focused, targeted skin care treatments

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Cooling Towers for NY Power Plants?

New York environmental regulators this week released a plan to protect aquatic life in the state’s rivers that could cost power generators billions to upgrade their facilities.

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Global Trade’s Dirty Secret: Outsourced Emissions

The Carnegie Institution of Science released a new study this week finding that one-third of the carbon dioxide emissions developed countries release into the atmosphere result from goods and services produced outside their borders. The report’s details are troubling: Carnegie’s researchers estimate that 2.5 tons of CO2 per person are consumed in the United States but are produced elsewhere, and that figure spikes to 4 tons per European. Another point that will cause considerable disagreement among global climate negotiators is Carnegie’s analysis that one-quarter of the emissions in China are actually the result of its exports to its trading partners such as the United States.

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Dolphin Intelligence

Are Dolphins intelligent or self aware? It is an intriguing question with deep philosophical implications

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Beer is Good for You (Bones)

Beer is an alcoholic beverage. Obviously too much alcohol makes you drunk which is not too good for your health. Yet beer does have its positive benefits.

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How to Feed the Billions

A Malthusian catastrophe was originally foreseen to be a forced return to subsistence level conditions once population growth had outpaced agricultural production.

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Will it be possible to feed nine billion people sustainably?

Sometime around 2050 researchers estimate that the global population will level-out at nine billion people, adding over two billion more people to the planet. Since, one billion of the world’s population (more than one in seven) are currently going hungry—the largest number in all of history—scientists are struggling with how, not only to feed those who are hungry today, but also the additional two billion that will soon grace our planet. In a new paper, published in Science, researchers make recommendations on how the world may one day feed nine billion people—sustainably.

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