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Food, Not War, Is the Biggest Threat to World Security, Argues Lester Brown

Even as Iran s nuclear program raises the likelihood of yet another conflict in the Middle East, the bigger threat is a potential food crisis in the making, says Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute. When I ask myself, what are the threats for out security today, foreign aggression doesn t make top five, Brown told attendees of the Affordable World Security Conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Grain: some countries are hitting a ceiling on agricultural productivity [More]

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Ancient Human Had Feet Like an Ape [Video]

A fossil discovered in Ethiopia suggests that humans' prehistoric relatives may have lived in the trees for a million years longer than was previously thought.

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Dynamic Mitochondrial Networks in Cancer

Mitochondrial network of an endothelial cell is shown in green Research projects evolve in a fortuitous manner, often guided by a convergence of novel observations, intuition, helpful colleagues and unique personal circumstances. It is precisely this constellation that prompted two cardiologists to study the mitochondrial networks in lung cancer cells.

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2 Trees Twice Thought to Be Extinct Rediscovered in Tanzania

How’s this for luck? Two tree species that scientists believed were extinct twice have been rediscovered in a remote area of Tanzania. According to a paper published in the Journal of East African Natural History , the two species were rediscovered in the remote, highly fragmented and rarely explored Namatimbili Ngarama Forest, 35 kilometers inland from the Indian Ocean.

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Food Poisoning’s Hidden Legacy

Colette Dziadul struggled for years to understand her daughter’s joint problems. Dana, who is now 14 years old, complained from toddlerhood that her knees and ankles hurt. The aches kept her up at night, made her wake her parents to ask for painkillers and forced her to sit out school sports.

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Get Closer to Key Customers

What are you doing to maintain and strengthen your relationships with your key accounts? In the old days, you developed relationships with customers through shared experiences. Golf, hunting, fishing, sporting events, meals–all bonding opportunities.

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Scientists Pin Down Historic Sea Level Rise

LONDON (Reuters) - The collapse of an ice sheet in Antarctica up to 14,650 years ago might have caused sea levels to rise between 14 and 18 meters (46-60 feet), a study showed on Wednesday, data which could help make more accurate climate change predictions. The melting of polar ice could contribute to long-term sea level rise, threatening the lives of millions, scientists say.

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Frequent Chocolate Eaters Have Lower BMIs

It's a dangerous time of year for a chocoholic--chocolate rabbits and eggs abound. But a weakness for the cocoa bean might not be a bad thing: those who indulge more frequently seem to actually have lower body mass indexes, BMIs.

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Thyme Kills Acne Bacteria

Compounds found in the herb thyme have antibiotic properties. Now scientists have demonstrated that thyme might have a future role in fighting acne. [More]

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Amazon s Jeff Bezos Says He Has Located Apollo 11 Rocket Engines Lost at Sea

F-1 engines (red cones) on the Apollo 8 first stage. Credit: NASA Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com CEO and one of the richest people in the world, has an abiding interest in the future of space exploration. His start-up Blue Origin is building suborbital launch vehicles and has received millions in NASA funding to develop next-generation spaceflight technologies.

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