Like many Americans, I have recently been diagnosed with a vitamin D deficiency. In addition to drinking milk, eating dark leafy greens, and taking 2000 IU’s of D a day, I’ve also been trying to get as much sunlight as possible. When I came across this article in the November 7, 1903 Scientific American , I realized that a possible reason for my deficiency is my home’s inability to rotate
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Elephants are smart, social animals. And now we know that they can organize themselves into teams to accomplish tasks. A research team that included renowned primatologist Franz de Waal taught 12 Thai elephants--who already work with human trainers called mahouts--to get a bowl of food by pulling a rope attached to an out-of-reach table
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Dear EarthTalk : What specific issues and protections are covered by the Food Safety Modernization Act recently signed into law? --P.
Read More »Climate Change Poses Arctic Challenge for U.S. Navy
Climate change will pose major new hurdles for U.S. naval forces, forcing the military to grapple with an emerging Arctic frontier, increasing demand for humanitarian aid and creating rising seas that could threaten low-lying bases, the National Academy of Sciences said yesterday. "Even the most moderate current trends in climate, if continued, will present new national security challenges for the the U.S.
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Read More »Japan declares emergency at nuke plant, no radiation leak now
(Adds researchers' quotes, background) By Osamu Tsukimori and Kiyoshi Takenaka [More]
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Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O.
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* Obama sends condolences, promises aid * Pentagon readies ships to help [More]
Read More »Huge tsunami kills hundreds in Japan, sweeps across Pacific
(Adds details) * Quake, wall of water kill hundreds, many missing [More]
Read More »Huge tsunami kills hundreds in Japan, sweeps across Pacific
(Adds details) * Quake, wall of water kill hundreds, many missing [More]
Read More »Warnings, reefs lessen tsunamis, storms impact
March 11 (Reuters) - Early warning systems and a drive toprotect mangroves and coral reefs as buffers to waves are among [More]
Read More »Warnings, reefs lessen tsunamis, storms impact
March 11 (Reuters) - Early warning systems and a drive toprotect mangroves and coral reefs as buffers to waves are among [More]
Read More »Tsunami evacuations "very possible" in California
OAKLAND, Calif., March 11 (Reuters) - The tsunami generatedby a massive earthquake in Japan could reach 6 feet (2 metres) [More]
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