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Which diet has the smallest carbon footprint?
Posted: March 26, 2015The health benefits of the Mediterranean diet are well-known. As well as being healthier, a recent article concludes that the menu traditionally eaten in Spain leaves less of a carbon…
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France passes law to promote green roofs
Posted: March 26, 2015Environmentalism is fast becoming a top concern in France – a rooftop concern, to be precise. Excitingly, the nation has just passed new legislation that will require all upcoming commercial…
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How NASA is planning on diverting an asteroid
Posted: March 26, 2015NASA has decided to pluck a small boulder off an asteroid and bring it back to the vicinity of Earth, rather than bag up an entire asteroid, agency officials in charge…
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Fish face pollution a mile deep
Posted: March 25, 2015Deep-water marine fish living on the continental slopes at depths from 2,000 feet to one mile have liver pathologies, tumors and other health problems that may be linked to human-caused…
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How to reduce your car's impact
Posted: March 25, 2015As we all know, cars, trucks, and other motor vehicles aren’t the best friends of the environment. However, for many of us it’s simply not practical to depend strictly on…
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Was there ever life on Mars?
Posted: March 25, 2015Did Mars ever support life? This question has intrigued us for centuries! We have had spacecraft on Mars for quite a while poking and analyzing soil and rocks and taking…
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Are you getting enough Zinc in your diet?
Posted: March 24, 2015Zinc is an important part of the human diet. You get it in Cashews, spinach, beef, shrimp, flax seed, Oysters, garlic, lima beans peanuts, turkey, Salmon, Pork, Brown rice and…
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United Nations warns on pesticides
Posted: March 23, 2015The UN's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said Friday (20 March) that three pesticides, including the popular weed killer Roundup, were "probably" carcinogenic and two others, which have…
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Massive marine sanctuary created in the Pacific
Posted: March 22, 2015Mutiny on the Bounty is a tale about the Royal Navy ship Bounty. On April 28, 1789, Fletcher Christian led sailors in a mutiny against their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh. So the story…
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Burmese Pythons are killing the rabbits in the Florida Everglades
Posted: March 21, 2015How exactly DID Burmese Pythons get so numerous in the Everglades? Were they released by owners who didn't want them and they found they liked the ecosystem?Nearly 80 percent of…
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