Hunger Forecast
A new model predicts where global warming may trigger future food shortages.
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AAAS 2008 ANNUAL MEETING SPECIAL: Sand spiders use elaborate camouflage, a new interactive map tracks threats to the oceans, and four healthful habits of long-lived people.
Health Quartet
Researchers identify four health habits that correlate with a longer lifespan.
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Future Survival: A vaccine for antibacterial-resistant staph infections, future crops use space-age technology, and growing green roofs
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When plants heat things up. How dolphins sleep. "Healthy" restaurants that aren't. Army ant groupies. And more.
Healthy Restaurants
Restaurant chains advertising healthful food may actually encourage overeating.
Non-Stick Chewing Gum
A non-stick chewing gum may eliminate some major cleaning headaches.
Wasabi vs. Chili Peppers
A listener asks: Why does wasabi's kick disappear so quickly while the heat of chili peppers can last for much longer?
Blood Sugar Roundup
New research shows the effects of different foods and beverages on blood sugar levels and insulin resistance.
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Why the flu strikes in winter. The genetic code of one species found inside another's. Salamanders that are too fat to be eaten by predators. Why some of us have perfect pitch and others fall flat. And the effects of pastries on blood sugar.
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Antibiotics made out of Teflon. A new diet for chickens. A virus that can cause obesity? Why things aren't quite as bad as we think they'll be. And just how fast can dolphins swim?
Obesity Virus
A common virus makes human stem cells accumulate fat in the lab.
Chicken Diet
Special diets are helping curb the environmental impact of chickens.
Agriculture Roundup
Unless the U.S. adopts different agricultural practices, the nation's topsoil will continue to disappear at an alarming rate.
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Diet foods could make kids fat, the incompatibility of ape and human blood, the secrets of fingerprints, all about the jet streams, and how the United States can better conserve its topsoil.
Diet Foods
A new study shows that diet foods could lead to overeating in children.
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Dinosaurs and their rivals, a computer that solves checkers, the placebo effect and the brain, keeping fruits and vegetables fresh, and the evolution of walking and talking.
Fruits & Vegetables
A listener asks: Do fruits and vegetables lose their nutrients if stored too long?
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How fetuses breathe inside the womb, rats that help out other rats, ancient chile peppers found in Mexico, why we yawn, and the surprising forms alien life might take.
Ancient Mexican Food
Mexican food may have changed surprisingly little over the last millennium.