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Projected food, energy demands seen to outpace production

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the caloric needs of the planet expected to soar by 50 percent in the next 40 years, planning and investment in global agriculture will become critically important, according a new report released today ...


Better water use could reduce future food crises

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If the overall water resources in river basins were acknowledged and managed better, future food crises could be significantly reduced, say researchers from Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, Stockholm Environment ...





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UN: Fight climate change with free condoms (AP)

UN: Fight climate change with free condoms

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (12) | comments 38

(AP) -- The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday.


High salt intake directly linked to stroke and cardiovascular disease

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

High salt intake is associated with significantly greater risk of both stroke and cardiovascular disease, concludes a study published in the BMJ today.


Female monarch butterflies on 30-year decline in eastern North America

Female monarch butterflies on 30-year decline in eastern North America

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Female monarch butterflies in eastern North America have significantly declined over the past 30 years, a new study by a University of Georgia researcher reveals.


New Mount Sinai research finds 9/11 responders twice as likely to have asthma

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First responders who were exposed to caustic dust and toxic pollutants following the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks suffer from asthma at more than twice the rate of the general U.S. population, according ...


Conservation targets too small to stop extinction

Conservation targets too small to stop extinction: study

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Conservation biologists are setting their minimum population size targets too low to prevent extinction, according to a new study led by University of Adelaide.


Scientists identify common HPV genotypes in northern India, encourage vaccination

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although a wide spectrum of human papillomavirus is seen across the population of India, HPV-16 and HPV-18 are the most common types and a vaccination targeting these types could eliminate 75 percent of the cervical cancers ...


Lack of retail grocery competition impacts Australians' health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Limited competition in the grocery sector could be having a serious effect on public health, according to a University of Queensland study published today in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public ...


Google is routing World Bank data to fact seekers

Google routes World Bank data to fact seekers

Technology / Internet

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google is adding World Bank figures to Internet results in a bid to make hard facts about countries worldwide easier to find.


China's wild panda population has remained stable despite last year's Sichuan earthquake

China panda population stable: report

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China's wild panda population has remained stable despite last year's Sichuan earthquake that damaged key areas of the endangered species' habitat, state press said Saturday.


Australia to begin vaccinating against swine flu

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created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Australia approved a vaccine against swine flu Friday and said it would start administering the medicine this month its most at-risk citizens, including medical staff, pregnant women and the chronically ill.



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