"Beware of the 'Food Bubble'"
"Experts worry that the world is facing a looming food crisis, one that we are currently not well prepared to deal with."
Source: Mother Jones, 01/18/2011
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"New Mobile App EarthObserver Puts Planet at Your Fingertips"
"Images and data on climate, earthquakes and much more is now available in a new mobile application that offers users simplified access to libraries that until now were tapped mainly by earth and environmental scientists."
Source: ENS, 01/18/2011
"Thunderstorms Emit Beams of Antimatter, NASA Discovers"
"For the first time, antimatter has been observed occurring naturally on Earth, as scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have documented beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms."
Source: ENS, 01/18/2011
"Dallas County Clear Air Task Force a Model for Others"
"It's not the kind of crime that's likely to appear on CSI. But counterfeit vehicle-inspection stickers that end up in Dallas County have links to deadly drug gangs in Mexico and human smuggling. They contribute to health-threatening pollution problems that also constrain business development in North Texas."
Source: Dallas News, 01/18/2011
"Night Owls May Want To Dim Their Lights"
"People who spend their evenings in relatively bright light run the risk of stressing their bodies by ratcheting down the production of melatonin. Produced in the brain's pineal gland, this hormone plays a pivotal role in setting the body's biological clock – and, potentially, in limiting the development of certain cancers."
Source: Science News, 01/17/2011
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