Food and Hunger

A Palestinian Guide to Surviving a Quarantine | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudOn Faith, Humor and "Dutch Candy" Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 2, 2020 Call it a "quarantine," a "shelter-in-place," a "lockdown" or a "curfew," we Palestinians have experienced them all, though not at all voluntarily. Personally, the first 23 years of my life were lived in virtual "lockdown." My father"s "quarantine" was experienced much earlier, as did his father’s "sh ...

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New 'interspecies communication' strategy between gut bacteria and mammalian hosts uncovered | Case Western University

Feb. 21, 2019 (Case Western University) -- Bacteria in the gut do far more than help digest food in the stomachs of their hosts, they can also tell the genes in their mammalian hosts what to do. A st ...

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Oysters at risk from changing climate | Yoann Thomas

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 9, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Climate change's effect on coastal ecosystems is very likely to increase mortality risks of adult oyster populations in the next 20 years. That is ...

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New evidence supports the hypothesis that beer may have been motivation to cultivate cereals | Melissa De Witte

Credit: Oregon Health & Science UniversitySept. 12, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Stanford University archaeologists are turning the history of beer on its head. A research team led by Li Liu, a professor of Ch ...

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As CO2 levels climb, millions at risk of nutritional deficiencies | Sam Myers

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activity are making staple crops such as rice and wheat less nutritious and could result in 175 ...

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Deep forehead wrinkles may signal a higher risk for cardiovascular mortality | Yolande Esquirol

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 26, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- People with lots of deep forehead wrinkles -- more than is typical for their age -- may have a higher risk of dying of cardiovascular diseas ...

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Fat consumption is the only cause of weight gain | Laura Graham

Credit: CC0 Public Domain July 13, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- The only thing that causes weight gain is fat consumption, a new study finds. Scientists from the University of Aberdeen and the Chinese Aca ...

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A bit of dark chocolate might sweeten your vision | E.j. Mundell

Credit: CC0 Public Domain April 26, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- It may not replace prescription glasses, but a few bites of dark chocolate might offer a slight and temporary bump up in vision quality, ne ...

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Why are teens and pre-teens always on their phones? The answers will blow you away. | Mickey Z.

Tween Cell Phone Texting. By Carissa Rogers. Flickr/(CC BY 2.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 12, 2016 It ain’t exactly The Breakfast Club, but imagine a classroom filled with 12- or 13-year-ol ...

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There’s no such thing as a vegan car | Mickey Z.

Tesla Model X by Steve Jurvetson derivative work: Mariordo (CC BY 2.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 23, 2016 When Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk tweeted about his preference for the “vegan ultra w ...

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What if Hitchcock got it all backwards in 'The Birds?' | Mickey Z.

"The Birds" trailer screenshot. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 13, 2016 I recently revisited a 2011 study involving crows that proved -- yet again -- how hu ...

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