Growing up, my parents flat out refused to buy "sugary" cereal. Their motto was if we let you eat badly now, you'll never learn to eat properly later. Kudos to them for never having put up with me and my...
"Nine firefighters were missing and presumed dead after a helicopter crashed this week while ferrying them to one of the blazes still raging in northern California. The nine were believed to have been consumed by the flames that erupted after the Sikorsky S-61 fell out of...
I was amazed when I discovered that we in Ireland (there are only about 4 million people here in the ROI) paid €2.2bn in tax on alcoholic drinks last year. This looks like a great deal from the Government's point...
There's a reason why they call it "DOPE"!"EU study promises straight dope on marijuanaAgence France PressePublished: Wednesday, June 25, 2008PARIS - Dutch dope-selling coffee shops, hash smoking in 1960s London,...
"The world has tapped only 18 percent of the total global supply of crude, a leading Saudi oil executive said Wednesday, challenging the notion that supplies are petering out.
Abdallah S. Jum’ah, president and CEO of the state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co., known better as...
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Starlings can tell if you are watching them, according to a study thathas shown for the first time that starlings respond to a human's gaze."Starlings will keep away from their food dish if a human is looking at it....
Chocolate, especially dark chocolate, has been found to be beneficial for women and their unborn children; according to a study at Yale University.I still think that eating too much will not be good, but who can know...
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"Bosintang. Ever heard of it?Well, it’s Dog Soup. Big item in Korea. I’m not talking about the North Koreans, living on a starvation diet in Li’l Kim’s workers paradise. No, this is prosperous South...
As the word 'recession' is in the air, are we gonna be recessed and depressed or will it call us to act.By acting, I mean rethinking the way we live.Our lives revolve (in the US at least) around consumption...you are what you buy...I can commiserate about the value of the...
Could the global demand for soy and sugarcane to produce ethanol be sparking this increase in clearcutting in the Amazon? By the looks of some of the actions being contemplated by Brazilean authorities that is...
North American Dairy Farmers control the worlds thirst for "White Gold" and the Oil Barons control the worlds thirst for "Black Gold" speaks volumes over the disparity between the two in terms of Global markets...
"Brazil is known for its world-class soccer, beaches, and Carnival. But what if you really take your fun seriously?
I don't know what my Global Gains colleagues Bill Mann and Nate Parmelee will do with their free time during their upcoming research trip to South America (to...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAh yes, Junk Science, the "National Enquirer" of the Science and Health World. As this story states, pretty much anything you do will kill you. For now we...
Death certainly doesn't take a holiday in Surrey's Whalley District, whether it's smoking crack, the crack Dealers, or the Drug Lords, continuing this high risk lifestyle just means the Grim Reaper is going to take...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorI guess the full story comes out with a motive for why these drug dealers were murdered. The Murders all boiled down to simple ecopomics "Supply and Demand" . The Murdered...