Carnival of Space #73 [Dynamics of Cats]
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Carnival of Space #73. Read the comments on this post…
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Saturday, October 4th, 2008
The discovery of an important fat precursor cell may explain how changes in the numbers of fat cells might increase and lead to obesity.
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If current levels of smoking and biomass and coal fuel use in homes continues, between 2003 and 2033 there will be an estimated 65 million deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and 18 million deaths from lung cancer in China, accounting for 19 percent and 5 percent of all deaths in that country during this period.
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Piggy-backing on a historic financial bailout for Wall Street bankers in the midst of a potentially global financial crisis certainly wasn’t what clean energy advocates had in mind earlier this year, when they began their push for an …
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Posted on behalf of Ashley Yeager It’s almost Nobel Prize time again. And, like with any event — Wimbledon, the World Cup or the Oscars — winners are a crapshoot to predict. But that doesn’t keep people from trying. Take…
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fanfin seadevil The Deep: Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss Claire Nouvian photographed by David Shale. For anyone who does not yet have a copy of Claire Nouvian’s beautiful book, The Deep , here’s a chance to win it - through …
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It’s no secret that reading is beneficial. But can it help kids lose weight? In the first study to look at the impact of literature on obese adolescents, researchers at Duke Children’s Hospital discovered that reading the right type of novel may make a difference.
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In a study to be presented at the Obesity Society’s annual meeting, researchers at Temple’s Center for Obesity Research and Education found that obese women reported their activity levels most accurately, when compared to overweight and normal weight women.
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Researchers from Temple University and The Food Trust recently examined the eating habits of urban children before and after school as part of a larger project to make corner store snacks healthier.
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