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World scientists define united approach to tackling food insecurity

Nearly one billion people in the world are undernourished, while millions suffer from chronic disease due to excess food consumption. Global demand is growing for agricultural products and food prices are rising, yet roughly ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

T. rex was bigger than thought: study

The iconic T. rex dinosaur grew bigger and faster than previously estimated, according to new methods based on actual skeletons instead of scale models, British and US scientists said Wednesday.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

India's new brand of colonialism

The plight of Binayak Sen, the Indian public health expert recently bailed from prison on controversial sedition charges, is symptomatic of the problems facing India’s adivasis (indigenous or tribal peoples), ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Global experts: Warming could double food prices

(AP) -- Even if we stopped spewing global warming gases today, the world would face a steady rise in food prices this century. But on our current emissions path, climate change becomes the "threat multiplier" ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Scientists promote soy by currying favor with Indian taste buds

University of Illinois scientists think they have solved an interesting problem: how to get protein-deficient Indian schoolchildren to consume soy, an inexpensive and complete vegetable protein. What's more, they've joined ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UN report: 22 nations face protracted food crises

(AP) -- U.N. food agencies said Wednesday that 166 million people in 22 countries suffer chronic hunger or difficulty finding enough to eat as a result of what they called protracted food crises.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Global fisheries research finds promise and peril

Global fisheries, a vital source of food and revenue throughout the world, contribute between US$225-$240 billion per year to the worldwide economy, according to four new studies released today. Researchers also concluded ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UN: Number of hungry people declines

(AP) -- The number of chronically hungry people in the world dipped considerably below the 1 billion mark - the first drop in 15 years - thanks partly to a fall in food prices after spikes that sparked rioting ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Watch out for Yellowstone bears -- they're hungry

(AP) -- Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area's deadliest on record.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Higher temperatures to slow Asian rice production

the world's most important crop for ensuring food security and addressing poverty—will be thwarted as temperatures increase in rice-growing areas with continued climate change, according to a new study by ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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