Of course I also mentioned vaccines and other lifesaving scientific advances. Melinda talked about the benefits of contraception and agriculture.
There are many lifesaving discoveries that don t reach the developing world. Or they aren tailored t to meet the needs of the poor to begin with.
Ok, it s your turn to break up the cat fight!..Usually a sign of a bad date!..
So, the The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has joined forces with America s beer brewers to change how farmer irrigate their crops.
#oethe learnings and savings in the first two years of the pilot project farms were significanta cumulative 270 million gallons of water reduced.#
Yet the promise of precision agriculture is to find the right mix of profit and environmental protection.#
#oewe are also seeing a changing of the guard, #writes TNC s manager of Idaho s Silver Creek Preserve.#
and are a prime example of scientists meddling in nature, heedless of the dangers. But that could soon change,
The key is an alarm pheromone that some species of wild plant have evolved to mimic the chemical warning signals put out by aphids#a major crop pest in the temperate zones
Putting the genes for this defense into wheat has created a crop that could trick the insects into thinking that they are in peril and drive them away.
Unlike Bt cotton and other existing GM organisms, such a crop would need no insect-killing chemical for protection from pests.
LCD s dominance is already under threat from lighter Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDS) that don t need backlighting,
Ultimately, teasing out the technical problems may be only half the battle. This is the eternal question of the speciality materials industry,
Hurricane Katrina in the United states resulted from a terrible storm#ut also from a chronic government underinvestment in infrastructure as well as an incompetent federal emergency-management organization.
#Are meal delivery services the future of groceries? Would you ever use a meal delivery service?
Are meal delivery services the future of groceries? The sheer volume of venture-backed meal delivery services that have cropped up over the last year can only mean one of two things:
Either there is a sudden, massive demand for this service, and it has figured finally out an economically viable model.
That, or there s a whole lot of people with the same bad idea. This includes Blue Apron, Fresh Dish,
and delivery is free when you order a minimum of two meals. Michael: I was shocked similarly
and impressed with the packaging required to make the delivery of raw meat and sauces feasible.
The company deliveries only once per week. So if you want 14 meals or four,
and the packages are sent out for overnight delivery on Mondays. The Food Erin: The second thing I noticed with Blue Apron as I cooked meal one (Acadian Redfish with remoulade,
#A smoke alarm may have been involved. Michael: Unfortunately, Fresh Dish suffers from the same vagaries as Blue Apron using, imprecise words like#oecook until done,
Conclusion Meal delivery services aren t the future of groceries, but they re fun to use occasionally.
Dillon predicts growers will see savings in many areas, ranging from saving the diesel fuel required to chase the grain cart around the field to the labor aspect of eliminating the person needed to run the grain cart.
overreacting to non-threats such as pollen or dander as if they re potentially harmful. When combined with certain genetic traits,
changing a population s exposure to microbes#by protecting them from parasitic diseases, for example#can make asthma rates rise.
Because each of these factors has been associated with reduced risk of allergies and related diseases, researchers can t pinpoint
which factor or combination of factors provides the protection. Parasites and disease-causing microbes have shown also a protective effect,
but again it s not clear which microbes are doing the protecting. A 2007 study that compared genetically related children living in Finland
and Russia found that the Russian children#who were less wealthy than their Finnish counterparts
Given the body of evidence in adults linking high cholesterol to increased risk of heart disease,
#oeit may be protective if the other food options are high in calories.##In other words, if whole-fat milk saves a kid from eating an extra cookie
Lastly, he analyzed national-level data that includes national savings rates, country GDP and GDP growth rates, country demographics,
People s savings rates are affected by various factors such as their income, education level, age, religious affiliation, their countries legal systems,
the effect of language on people s savings rates turned out to be big. Speaking a language that has obligatory future markers
being unemployed decreases the likelihood of saving by about 30 percent as well. Similar analyses showed that speaking a language that does not have obligatory future markers,
Countries national savings rates are affected also by language. Having a larger proportion of people speaking languages that does not have obligatory future markers makes national savings rates higher.
This is an unconventional way of explaining people s consumption-saving decisions and health-related behavior.
Horvath and Barrangou s paper set off a race to figure out what the bacteria s mysterious secret weapon was.
a relatively straightforward technological innovation#GPS-equipped free-range cows that can be nudged back within virtual bounds by ear-mounted stimulus-delivery devices#has implications that could profoundly reshape our relationships with domesticated animals,
Currently we have a very active program here on the Jornada Experimental Rangein landscape ecology using unmanned aerial vehicle reconnaissance.
At the top end, it s as if a fire alarm went off in here#we re going to get out
Now, there are going to be some animals that you either get your rifle and then put the product in your freezer,
With a visible boundary, there s no question#this side is mine and that side is yours.
#Poudre River Public library District, Fort Collins, CO) A birthday party (for a fish!:##oethe Library fish, Dewey and Decimal are extremely popular and most young patrons stop for a quick visit
Manatee County Public library, Bradenton, FL) Teen Battle of the Bands-The winning band will receive 10 hours of recording time at Clear Track and $1, 000 cash.
Lego club Teens writing a manga book online Class on making medieval weapons from office supplies Sit down aerobics for seniors#oecrafters Who Care##Needlework lovers meet to knit
donated over 1, 000 hats to local food pantry, hospice center, spouse abuse shelter, and shipped hats to soldiers overseas.#
#Boyle County Public library Laurel County Public library: Vintage dancers Trapping and hunting Mah-jongg#oewhisk Me Away#cooking series Creepy Foods for Halloween World Religion Discussion Series Holocaust Discussion Series Adult Pottery Class
photographing dioramas, antique dollhouse furniture displays, historic doll history/display, miniature war machines, trains, etc.
Seed lending library Reading camp for struggling first grade readers ipad and e-Reader/Kindle classes Civil war re-enactment bivouac on back lawn, Dessert contest, scarecrow
trees remove nitrogen dioxide to an extent equivalent to taking 274,000 cars off the traffic-packed beltway, saving an estimated $51 million in annual pollution-related health care costs.
and the threat it poses to agriculture were part of the original inspiration for creating a robotic bee,
Some websites even have the intelligence to counsel the patient and make recommendation with diets,
and emergency care when issues arise. This is where the connected refrigerator and other appliances would thrive.
and automatically place an order to a home delivery grocery service. Each week the person would have delivered their groceries to them
saving time and money while decreasing the risk of engine issues in flight. Connected cars is another hot topic.
and analyzing traffic patterns to reroute drivers-Waste management optimizing waste pickup by measuring container levels-Security & emergency detection detecting radiation, gases,
Water Bullets Nonlethal weapons employ many different technologies, but using water bullets could be the easiest to use and also the least dangerous.
Are water bullets a likely candidate for nonlethal weapon technology, and how long before police forces are equipped to use them?
31. Crowdsourced Court System If a court system were developed using crowdsourcing to form its jury decisions,
In the future, robotic earthworms will be used to silently mine the landfills and replace whatever is extracted with high-grade soil. 43.
and winning the battle against boredom. At my worst, most conversations with friends and family would start withdo you have a charger?
We ve trained ourselves to constantly seek refuge from boring, everyday life through our phones.
We live in an uber-convenient (hue hue hue) time where ride-sharing, same-day delivery,
Your delivery is free if it s a mile or less. Never Uber/Lyft/Sidecar if your destination is<1mile.
Also the risk of accidentally dropping your iphone in the toilet shoots dangerously close to zero
It also plunges stick-in-the-mud farmers into an unfamiliar world ofbig data and privacy battles. Monsanto s prescriptive-planting system, Fieldscripts, had its first trials last year
But the story of prescriptive planting is also a cautionary tale about the conflicts that arise
If the users think they are taking a disproportionate share of the risks while firms are getting an excessive chunk of the benefits,
including year-round crop production, protection from weather, support urban food autonomy and reduced transport costs. Scientifically viable in 2023;
A booming tech start-up economy and a thriving arts and restaurant scene have helped this old Civil war tourist magnet do something that places across the USA have been trying to do for decades:
Athens-Clarke County, Ga. 116,353 171 Everett, Wash. 103,135 171 Fort Collins, Colo. 144,329 171 Murfreesboro, Tenn. 109,172 171 Lansing
Two miles north on Meeting Street, workers are putting the finishing touches on a 13,000-square-foot renovation of the long-vacant 1926 Standard oil regional headquarters building that soon will be home to about a dozen small creative businesses.
She calls themour secret weapon and says she can hire good engineers here for about half the cost of comparable workers in Silicon valley.
They re now in the midst of an huge expansion at their headquarters east of downtown, which will add 1, 200 more employees by 2015.
This forces natives in places like South africa and India to collect water from polluted streams and rivers
at least experimenting with grocery delivery. From an economic prospective, the grocery business is loaded with friction.
at least experimenting with grocery delivery if not going at it full-bore. Meanwhile, venture capitalists are starting to shower money on various startups.
according to Forrester research. There are several reasons that investors have shied away from grocery delivery even as they have financed happily innovations in other sectors of the retail economy.
But the reason most often cited for the hesitation of investors is the implosion of Webvan at the end of the dotcom boom in the early 2000s.
turf-protecting grocers were using the Webvan example asproof that grocery delivery wasn t worth investing in for themselves or anybody else.
Now that grocery delivery seems potentially viable again all eyes are on Amazon. That company seems to be preparing for a major expansion of its current trials of Amazonfresh in three West Coast cities Seattle (where it s been operating for nearly seven years), Los angeles,
Amazonfresh, for now, charges $299 per year in return for free delivery and all the other benefits of Amazon Prime membership
and CEO Jeff Bezos s dream of near-instant delivery of everything Amazon sells. Even if it doesn t make much on the groceries,
will finally prove that grocery delivery isn t just abouthipsters doing fun things on their phones,
It s not yet known what that company s plans for delivery might be, but it s experimenting on a small scale.
But Blockbuster said much the same thing about video rentals before it wasdisremediated out of business by Netflix (NFLX.
if at all (Albertson s actually abandoned its delivery service in 2009 interestingly, just as Relay s business started to take off).
The unknown quantity in all this is Wal-mart. It, too, isexperimenting with delivery, and it alone has the resources
Bishop, of Brick Meets Click, says that in thenear term Instacart is proving that people really do want grocery delivery,
but the mere fact that it has attracted so much financing makes it clear that serious investors are getting serious about grocery delivery.
The first group, the innovators, are a small group of people who actively seek out risks and new challenges.
The Apple headquarters boast more Teslas than a Tesla showroom. Early buyers were not price-sensitive and placed a premium on service and design.
and in turn bringing along the more risk-averse parts of the population. More so than any other group, they will determine the success of an innovation.
And to more strongly compel these slightly more risk-averse buyers, Tesla is covering the cost of the power for these stations.
and more risk-averse. And though they look to the previous group for guidance they often have practical considerations that make it hard to adopt a change.
These more risk-averse groups will need power stations all around them and ultimately it will need to be easier than owning a gas fueled car.
Drones are moving quickly from the battlefield to the farmer s field. They are on the verge of helping growers oversee millions of acres throughout rural America and saving them big money in the process.
While much of the attention regarding drones has focused recently on Amazon and UPS seeking to use them to deliver packages,
000 for a military-style device are equipped with infrared cameras, sensors and other technology controlled by a pilot on the ground.
drone use has been relegated largely to the military, but law enforcement and other government agencies can apply to the FAA for special permission to use them in civil airspace.
Gilbert Landolt, president of the Des moines Veterans for Peace chapter said while he and others have protested the way the U s. military uses drones for operations overseas,
they concede the technology could be beneficial for some with the proper oversight. There are good uses for drones,
However, this entire security process will eventually be automated down to a fraction of the time it takes today,
The same goes for TSA-like security agents on the front end of airports. Within the next decade, 90%of those jobs will be gone as well.
it s easy to develop some paranoia about the dangers ahead. However, much of today s technology is giving us superhuman attributes.
Philosophers With companies in a constant battle overmy-brain-is-bigger-that-your-brain, it becomes the overarching philosophy that wins the day. 13.
for the first time ever, begin to control nature s greatest forces. Details here. 16. Global System Architect 17.
and company s security systems are all generating enormous quantities of data, and it all needs to be stored,
Delivery Dispatchers 105. Traffic Monitoring System Planners, Designers, and Operators 106. Automated Traffic Architects and Engineers 107.
Emergency Crews for when things go wrong. Bio-Factories Based on using living systems bio-factories represent a new process for creating substances that are either too tricky
As with all industries, there are many micro-forces driving the changes in future agriculture. But there are three dominant trend lines precision, relevance,
Biohacking Inspectors and Security 134. Swarmbot and Drone Operators and Managers 135. Plant Educators An intelligent plant will be capable of re-engineering itself to meet the demands of tomorrow s marketplace.
Airport Security systems Dismantlers 144. Airport Customs Dismantlers Living on the edge of tomorrow! Extreme Innovation Outside of the multiple categories listed above are a number of unusual jobs, many still decades away.
In the future, robotic earthworms will be used to silently mine the landfills and replace whatever is extracted with high-grade soil. 147.
Nano-Weapons Specialists Many of the weapons of the future will be too small to be seen by the human eye. 158.
and climatology to one where the true power-brokers will wield the forces of nature. Final Thoughts In much the same way that the 1985 Apple Laserwriter gave birth to desktop publishing,
In addition to civilization ending disastersnuclear war, asteroid or comet strike, biblical floods, zombiesthe world s 1, 400 genebanks and their precious seed stores are susceptible to war, poor management,
The doomsday vault is said to be impervious to nuclear war or asteroid strike, and its location on a remote island in a rich, stable European country adds security.
But perhaps the vault s greatest attribute is the arctic cold chilling its chambers of seeds.
a Belgian artist and scientist who was the crew commander of the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation Site (HI-SEAS), a six-person,
It s a psychological phenomenon also found in the military that you develop when you eat the same foods over and over again,
With few known safety risks. Nicotine? Yes, nicotine. In factand this is where the irony gets mad deepthe one purpose for
and downright hostility of many of her fellow neuroscientists as she has published some three dozen studies revealing the actions of nicotine within the mammalian brain.
Using health-insurance data on 293,658 veterans who had served in the U s. military between 1917 and 1940,
and skin but somehow guards against a disease of the brain? Over the course of the 1970s, neuroscientists like Quik learned that the nicotine molecule fits into receptors for the neurotransmitter acetylcholine like a key into a lock.
and risks (even though studies find it doesn t work for that purpose). But with so many studies showing that it s safe,
Babies have legions of microbes that set up shop in their guts, skin, and more right from birth.
Further back, the introduction of rationing in the UK during the second world war ensured that the poorest people were able to eat a balanced diet.
When mature an ISO also consolidates otherwise fragmented practices over a wider area creating immediate savings through shared reserves nd aggregates
However the utility industry continues to struggle to improve power flows across boundaries information sharing and cooperation.
Then a protective device on a parallel transmission line incorrectly tripped. Other relays tripped two Wyoming coal plants.
The transmission system failed due to a mistaken setting on a protective device near Niagara falls. Improper coordination caused four more lines to disconnect.
To lower<a href=http://www. livescience. com/21608-phthalates-diabetes-women-risk. html>phthalate exposure</a people can avoid plastic food containers
and other explosives and it can be found in many produce and milk products EWG says.
and chronic exposure to low levels of it has been linked to increased risks of bladder lung and skin cancers.
of ivy-eating goats from the Gateway national recreation area in Sandy Hook N. J. was sent back home to a farm in Rhinebeck N y. The goats were there to help eradicate masses of poison ivy that threatened the historic Fort Hancock situated in the park their owner told news media
See Photos of Mei Xiang's Adorable Panda Cub 3. Â KKK hindered by shutdown The Ku klux klan had to cancel a rally planned for Saturday Oct 5 at Gettysburg National Military Park in Adams County Penn
 9.  Consequences extend to overseas American facilities overseas such as military cemeteries and memorials have been closed due to the government shutdown. 10.
Football games are on The Department of defense (DOD) had canceled intercollegiate sports for the Army Navy and Air force.
As such the football game between the Air force and Army scheduled to take place at a sold-out Annapolis stadium was thought to be a no-go.
But Thursday morning the Navy Athletics tweeted:##Navyfootball game on Saturday against Air force is a GO.
Kickoff 11:30 AM on CBS. No word on the rest of the sports this weekend.
The DOD also gave the green light to the football game between the Army and Boston College scheduled for Saturday as well according to news reports. 11.
Trying to contact Congress? Some people have reported sending emails to their Congressperson sometimes to voice complaints about the shutdown only to receive this response for instance:
No break from tax or the NSA The Internal revenue service (IRS) is still collecting payments through their EFTPS. gov website.
Similarlyâ the National Security Agencyâ (NSA) too is still working in full force. 13. How is Wall street doing?
The cicadas may die in battle fighting with each other for food but nobody knows that for sure yet.
N y. The goats were there to help eradicate masses of poison ivy that threatened the historic Fort Hancock situated in the park their owner told news media.</
</p><p></p><p>American facilities overseas such as military cemeteries and memorials have been closed due to the government shutdown.</
</p><p></p><p>The Department of defense (DOD) had canceled intercollegiate sports for the Army Navy and Air force.
As such the football game between the Air force and Army scheduled to take place at a sold-out Annapolis stadium was thought to be a no-go.
But Thursday morning the Navy Athletics tweeted: "<<a href=https://twitter. com/search? q=#Navyfootball&
src=hash>#Navyfootball</a>game on Saturday against Air force is a GO. Kickoff 11:30 AM on CBS. No word on the rest of the sports this weekend. "</
</p><p>The DOD also gave the green light to the football game between the Army
and Boston College scheduled for Saturday as well according to news reports.</</p><p></p><p>Some people have reported sending emails to their Congressperson sometimes to voice complaints about the shutdown only to receive this response for instance:</
</p><p>Similarly<a href=http://www. livescience. com/37357-us-intelligence-leaks. html>the National security agency</a>(NSA) too is still working in full force.</
</p><p>Despite its name and the shield with 17 stars on the front of it the clock is meant not to celebrate the 17th state Ohio's statehood according to the U s. Senate.
or how many stars should be placed on the shield.</</p><p>The dial to be about two feet in diameter an hour minute and second hand a Spread eagle on the top and the United states arms at foot.
</strong>New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins Colo. is awaiting approval for three recipes with a spokesperson telling the AP the company is worried particularly about the release of Spring Blonde its new spring label.</
The 7 Perfect Survival Foods A 2010 review in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture described quinoa as an excellent example of'functional food'that aims at lowering the risk of various diseases including heart disease
This high price for quinoa has been a double-edged sword for its producers. The recent U s. demand for quinoa has sent the price soaring initially a boon for poor farmers in Bolivia
) of force behind them. The crustaceans are only about 4 inches (10 cm) long. Guess how they earned the nickname "
The giant insect forces gas through tiny breathing pores called spiracles on its thorax and abdomen.
when surprised when challenging other cockroaches to a fight and when trying to attract mates.</
War and Peace. "</</p><p></p><p>The adult skeleton has 206 bones. The smallest is the stapes or stirrup the innermost of three bones in the middle ear;
Is it biological warfare or just another back-to-school season? Parents of young children know this scenario all too well
and Brussels sprouts may also help reduce cancer risk. A 1996 study in the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention found that a high consumption of these veggies was associated with a decreased risk of cancer.
Healthy Bites appears weekly on Livescience. Deborah Herlax Enos is certified a nutritionist and a health coach
Eating one or two ounces of nuts daily is associated with reductions in heart disease and lower cancer risk.
In fact they are calorie bombs: candy bars with vitamins protein or fiber added. For most of them sugar is either the first (predominant) or second ingredient.
and starches increases the risk for heart disease cancers diabetes and weight gain. Instead: Try Wasa or Finn Crisp Original Rye crackers.
During the talk Lieberman described some of the ways that instincts humans inherited from the Stone age also known as the Paleolithic Period stretching from between 2. 6 million to about 10000 years ago now conflict with modern life
and stones before eventually inventing protective soles that are called now shoes. This protection came with a price:
flat-footedness. Flat feet have become a common phenomenon in modern society and can lead to knee problems and other complications with age.
when barefoot walking allowed protective tissues to build up around arches Lieberman said. Â 4. Read
But humans take this risk and manage to get by fine with glasses. 5. Sugar or veggies?
</p><p>That struggle could spread as climate change and other manmade pressures change the availability of water around the globe and as<a href=http://www. livescience. com/topics/world-population/>Earth'
That struggle could spread as climate change and other manmade pressures change the availability of water around the globe
#6 Foods That May Affect Breast cancer Risk<p>A woman' s risk of breast cancer depends on many things including her genetics lifestyle and plain old chance.
One out of every eight women today will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in her life.</
</p><p>There are many risk factors for breast cancer including some that are out of a woman'
s lifestyle also affect her risk. Getting regular exercise maintaining a healthy body weight and avoiding smoking may all lower the risk of breast cancer.</
</p><p>Diet may also affect women' s risk of breast cancer research has shown. While many studies on diet and cancer risk have yielded mixed results trends in the research suggest that certain foods might truly affect cancer risk.</
</p><p>Here are six foods for which there is relatively good evidence that they affect the risk for certain types of breast cancer
or that they affect risk in some individuals.</</p><p>Estrogen in the fat of dairy products may fuel cancers that are related hormone including cancers of the breast
and prostate research suggests.<<br/><br/>In one study of breast cancer patients women who ate more than one serving daily of high-fat dairy products were about 50 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than other patients.
</p><p>Folate may be protective particularly against estrogen-receptor-negative types of breast cancer the researchers concluded in their article published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in December 2008.</
and may reduce the risk of breast cancer or the risk of recurrence in cancer survivors.</
isoflavones around 42.3 milligrams a day had decreased a risk of recurrence of breast cancer compared with those who consumed the least or around 15.2 mg a day.</
<br/><br/>The amount of omega-3 needed to achieve this reduced risk is equivalent to one or two servings weekly of oily fish such as salmon herring or sardines.</
</p><p>A study of nearly 3000 breast cancer patients and 5000 women without the disease suggested that higher consumption of these seeds as well as soybeans reduced the risk of breast cancer after menopause.
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