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Food factories help viruses spread and evolve

May 22, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

What makes us so susceptible to pandemics, asks Sunita Narain, editor of the Indian science magazine Down to Earth. The answer, she says, is linked to the way we produce food.

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Pedestrian Plaza Reclaims Pavement for People

May 22, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

It’s been popular in New York and other places where open space is at a premium, so San Francisco figured, “eh, why not?” The first reclamation of street space to create a pedestrian plaza opened last week on San Francisco’s famous Castro Street at the intersection with 17th St.

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