Tag: research
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100’s of Killer Asteroids Hurtling Toward Earth?!
from americanlivewire.com: The global network that listens for nuclear weapons detonations detected 26 asteroids exploded in Earth’s atmosphere from 2000 to 2013, data collected by the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization shows. These explosions include the Feb. 15, 2013, impact over Chelyabinsk, Russia, which left more than 1,000 people injured by flying debris. City-killer…
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The Lure of Forbidden Food
from well.blogs.nytimes.com: How hard will your child work for food? In an experiment, researchers at Pennsylvania State University gave preschool children the opportunity to “work” for a food reward. All the child had to do was click a computer mouse four times to earn a cinnamon-flavored graham cracker. But earning additional treats required progressively more…
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Are Secret, Dangerous Ingredients In Your Food?
from washingtonpost.com: Food manufacturers are routinely exploiting a “legal loophole” that allows them to use new chemicals in their products, based on their own safety studies, without ever notifying the Food and Drug Administration, according to a new report by an environmental and consumer advocacy group.
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Despite Benefits, Mammograms More Harmful Than Realized
from washingtonpost.com: Mammography’s benefits are substantial, but its potential harms may be greater than previously realized, which should prompt physicians and patients to make decisions about the screening test based on women’s individual risks and preferences, researchers concluded in a study…
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Surprising Science Experiment Backs Five Second Rule For Dropped Food
from forbes.com: If you’ve ever consumed food after dropping it on floor and then wondered what sorts of diseases you might be contracting, here’s a new study that may put your mind at ease (or not). New research out of Aston University in the U.K. finds that there may be some truth to the old…
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Study Says Global Food Supply Grows Increasingly Homogeneous
from latimes.com: In the last 50 years, what’s on dinner plates has grown more similar the world over – with major consequences for human nutrition and global food security, researchers said Monday. “Diversity enhances the health and function of complex biological systems,” the researchers wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. But,…
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Monsanto’s Roundup Found in 75% of Air and Rain Samples
from globalresearch.ca: A new U.S. Geological Survey has concluded that pesticides can be found in, well, just about anything. Roundup herbicide, Monsanto’s flagship weed killer, was present in 75 percent of air and rainfall test samples, according to the study, which focused on Mississippi’s highly fertile Delta agricultural region. GreenMedInfo reports new research, soon to be published by Environmental Toxicology and…
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Food Packaging Chemicals ‘May Be Harmful to Human Health’
from medicalnewstoday.com: Many of the synthetic chemicals involved in packaging and storing the food we eat can leak into it, potentially harming our long-term health, say environmental scientists in a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Although some of these chemicals are regulated, people come into contact with them almost every…
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United Nations Report Catalogs North Korea’s Crimes Against Humanity
from latimes.com: Torture, deliberate starvation and other abuses carried out by North Korean authorities — possibly on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un — are crimes against humanity and should be referred to an international court or tribunal for prosecution, United Nations investigators said Monday. A 400-page report catalogs practices long cited by defectors…
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Camel Analysis Makes Shock Claim That Bible May Not Be 100% Factual
from gizmodo.co.uk: Some of the Bible’s anecdotes might not be entirely true is a shocking claim made by researchers, who suggest that the timelines of some Bible stories don’t match up with the reality of camel development history. Suggesting that camels weren’t domesticated for man’s use in the region until well after the events in…
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Sexually Transmitted Food Poisoning?
from npr.org: Twenty-five years ago, two pals went out for a seafood dinner while vacationing in the Bahamas. What could be better than some fresh grouper steaks and a night on the town without the wives? Um, plenty. A few hours after dinner, the men started having stomach pains and diarrhea. Their legs began to…
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Tracing Ancestry, Researchers Produce a Genetic Atlas of Human Mixing Events
from nytimes.com: The rise and fall of empires, the march of armies, the flow of trade routes, the practice of slavery — all these events have led to a mixing of populations around the world. Such episodes have left a record in the human genome, but one that has so far been too complex to…
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Crazy Ant Invaders Have Acid Advantage
from nytimes.com: The crazy ant, the latest ant to invade North America, is having remarkable success at replacing its predecessor, the red fire ant, former king of the invaders. Part of the reason, according to research at the University of Texas, is that the newcomer can detoxify fire ant venom in a way not seen…
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Study Finds Spike In Coffee Consumption Among Children
from okcfox.com: It takes more change to grab a drink from a vending machine these days and what kids are reaching for isn’t just soda anymore. A study from the journal, “Pediatrics,” shows a decrease in soda and tea consumption– and a shift in caffeine culture. Researchers found more kids are reaching for energy drinks…
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Cellular Nanomotors May Make ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Possible
Tiny Rocket Robots Could Combat Cancer Cell By Cell* from sciencerecorder.com: Robots are all around us—that’s a fact of everyday life that we’ve been taking for granted for the last few decades. Now get ready for the day when robots will be within us, too. Researchers at Penn State University demonstrated the first-ever insertion of…