Health
AIDS researchers and global health community ponder a reported cure
Originally Published by the Washington Post - AIDS researchers, advocacy organizations and global health officials spent Monday trying to determine whether the report that a baby girl born in Mississippi was cured of the infection is a therapeutic breakthrough or a scientific curiosity.
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March 5th, 2013
Health
Drug residues ‘alter fish behaviour’
Originally Published by The BBC - Psychiatric drugs taken by humans to cope with anxiety are being excreted and flushed into waterways where they are probably affecting fish behaviour.
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February 17th, 2013
Biodiversity, Health, Oceans
Boom in Mining Rare Earths Poses Mounting Toxic Risks
As mining of these key elements spreads to countries like Malaysia and Brazil, scientists warn of the dangers of the toxic and radioactive waste generated by the mines and processing plants.
Posted on
February 7th, 2013
Health, Technology
NASA Map Shows Air Pollution Across Asia and the Middle East
Originally Published by e360 - New satellite data released by NASA provide dramatic visual evidence of the dangerous air quality reported from cities across Asia and the Middle East this month.
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January 31st, 2013
Earth Observation, Health
Earth Indicator: 130 Micrograms Of Particulate Pollution Per Cubic Meter In Salt Lake City
Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - Levels of particulate pollution rose above 130 micrograms per cubic meter in Salt Lake City on January 23, 2013 - three times the federal clean-air limit.
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January 30th, 2013
Earth Observation, Health
Freedom Foods ‘failing to crack down’ on poor salmon farming standards
- Salmon and Trout Association said farms under the RSPCA's scheme had records of sea lice infestation and pollution.
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January 17th, 2013
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Health
On Scale of 0 to 500, Beijing’s Air Quality Tops ‘Crazy Bad’ at 755
Originally Published by the NY Times - One Friday more than two years ago, an air-quality monitoring device atop the United States Embassy in Beijing recorded data so horrifying that someone in the embassy called the level of pollution “Crazy Bad” in an infamous Twitter post.
Optimism bias: Why the young and the old tend to look on the bright side
- Somehow, we can grow pessimistic about life in general while continuing to be upbeat about our own future.
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January 6th, 2013
Health
Israel’s Best-Loved Vegetables Carry Heavy Pesticide Loads
Originally Published by Green Prophet - If there’s one food group that Israelis love, it’s vegetables. In fact, all over the Middle East, vegetables are treated with love and presented at table in infinite artful ways.
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December 17th, 2012
Agriculture, Health
Flesh-eating fungus responsible for five deaths in wake of massive tornado
- A fast growing, flesh-eating fungus killed five people following a massive tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., according to two new studies.
NASA Daily Image
Hubble Sees 'Space Invader' Image