If everyone in the UK ate their “five a day,” and cut their dietary salt…
Month: December 2010
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How hard are we pushing the land? Plant consumption rising significantly as population grows and economies develop
Humans are consuming an increasing amount of Earth’s total annual land plant production, new NASA…
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New MapQuest site shows US maps for, by the people (AP)
AP – MapQuest is diving farther into crowdsourcing, with online maps edited by the people,…
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Time honor caps celebrity-making of Zuckerberg (AP)
AP – Before 2010, Mark Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old co-founder and CEO of Facebook, was primarily…
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Close proximity of authors leads to better science
Through analyzing the locations of authors of academic papers, researchers have determined that physical proximity…
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‘Green genes’ in yeast may boost biofuel production by increasing stress tolerance
An effort to increase biofuel production has led scientists to discover genes in yeast that…
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Heart disease, stroke deaths continue to fall but costs remain high
America is winning a battle against heart disease and stroke mortality, but is still losing…
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NASA’s Odyssey spacecraft sets exploration record on Mars
NASA’s Mars Odyssey, which launched in 2001, broke the record Dec. 15, 2010 for longest-serving…
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SIDS spikes on New Year’s Day
Not a happy holiday thought, but an important one: The number of babies who die…
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Similarities in the embryonic development of various animal species are also found at molecular level
The astonishing similarity in the appearance of embryos from different animal species was observed as…