which included barracks housing 20-40 men and a large administrative center. Food was prepared in central kitchens and distributed.
25 Primates in Peril Population increases have forced people to live at the forest's edges.
New roads guns and cars also enable people to hunt gorillas and bring carcasses to city markets where they fetch a handsome sum Olsson said.
and remind King that his constituents don't support the amendment's attack on states'rights.
fortunately we learned last week that the plant owners decided to rescind their request to USDA for a grant of inspection meaning that the immediate threat in Iowa of the plant opening is resolved.
There's also the fight over banning barren battery cages and supporting the national effort to give laying hens more space.
Howes spends about an hour weekly on the roof of the Manhattan office of the Natural resources Defense Council where he is the director of online communications.
or caloric content is by burning it in a device called a bomb calorimeter. However this method doesn't take into account the fact that humans lose some calories through urine and feces and as heat.
Calorie measurements then and now are made in a calorie bomb or a bomb calorimeter developed by The french scientist Antoine Lavoisier in 1790.
A small pellet of the food being measured is placed in a device that looks like a pressure cooker.
Pure oxygen is pumped into the bomb and then the food is ignited. Thermometers measure the heat given off and that is the calorie count.
It's called a bomb because you literally explode the food and capture the heat and measure it said Susan Roberts professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston Mass.
Calories are heat. All you are doing is measuring how much heat the food converts to
 Discovery Channel Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman put this bit of folklore to the test in 2006 in an experiment involving an enormous air gun a piece of straw and a palm tree.
The story told in the FOIA documents broke late last month in the Marquette Mining Journal and on Michigan Public Radio.
The state provided three guard donkeys to him for free yet DNR officials found two of them dead
Koski also failed to use fencing as a protective mechanism even though the state also provided that to him at no cost.
and trapping seasons on protected species. To get involved visit www. keepwolvesprotected. com. Pacelle's most recent Op-Ed was Sharks Gain Protections in India Will U s. Follow suit?
Women who take folic acid supplements before becoming pregnant as well as early in pregnancy may reduce the risk of having a child with an autism spectrum disorder according to a new study.
whether their mother's use of folic acid supplements influenced the risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder.
Women who had taken folic acid supplements in early pregnancy had a 40 percent reduced risk of having a child with autistic disorder than did had women who not taken the supplement.
No reduction in risk was shown for Asperger syndrome or PDD-NOS. During the study researchers examined detailed information about the mother's supplement intake that had been gathered as part of the Moba study.
and cod liver oil influenced the risk of autistic disorder but they found no such association. Folic acid is needed A b-vitamin for DNA synthesis and repair.
The new study only shows an association between the use of folic acid supplements and a lower risk of autistic disorder.
However the potential for a nutritional supplement to reduce the risk of autistic disorders is provocative
 Taking folic acid supplements during early pregnancy may reduce risk of autistic disorder. This story was provided by Myhealthnewsdaily a sister site to Livescience.
However the risks of using a high-protein diet usually with carbohydrate restriction for the long term are still being studied.
This may also increase the risk for cancer. Many of these diets include a lot of red meat and fat
which can increase your risk of heart disease. A protein-packed diet may cause liver or kidney problems.
The Meatless Monday campaign was adopted by the U s. government as a resource-saving measure during World war i.
and diseased animals) and even the carcasses of euthanized dogs and cats from shelters. Today the nutritional content and safety of pet food is a mainstream concern given growing consciousness about nutrition
Producers would need to put protective procedures into place at critical points in the production process where problems are likely to arise.
The FDA and U s. Department of agriculture (USDA) haven't overcome food safety risks for people either with the U s. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that 50 million Americans contract food-borne illnesses each year.
Ultimately the best protection for pets will come from watchful pet owners. They can start with the HSUS pet-food safety webpage
Given the concerns about pet treats you might consider baking your own healthy dog treats as a precaution.
#Can'Superwheat'Rescue British Farmers? When British farmers are struggling to increase their yields of wheat should they rely on genetically modified foods or imported (gasp!
Superwheat to the rescue! The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) based in Cambridge has announced the development of a robust new strain of wheat the BBC reports.
and move or protecting property and people once the tornadoes have arrived. Â Â Predicting twisters The Moore Okla. tornado touched down at 2: 56 p m. CDT (3: 56 p m. EDT) on May 20
Better prediction gives people more time to seek shelter when a tornado is bearing down.
The actual time most residents had to seek shelter was been longer because it took the tornado time to reach them.)
Tornado protection Once a tornado is on its way though saving lives can be a matter of having a place to Go in Moore students at Plaza Towers Elementary huddled in interior hallways
War Zone Sad experience is teaching that some old tornado safety tricks aren't as effective as hoped particularly
Interior hallways are suggested usually the shelter spots but in Joplin doors and glass windows at either end of long halls were destroyed by debris creating a dangerous situation Gallus said.
Another option would be tornado shelters another feature frequently missing from Tornado Alley construction. The storm shelters today are designed for 250 mph (402 km h) wind speeds
and we feel that is higher than will ever be experienced at the ground level in a tornado said Ernst Kiesling a mechanical engineer at Texas Tech and the executive director of the National Storm Shelter Association.
Shelter from the storm Unfortunately cost prevents homeowners in even tornado-prone areas from installing these shelters.
In Oklahoma Kiesling said perhaps one in every five newer homes has an in-home shelter
or safe room a reinforced room that can be used on a day-to-day basis as a bathroom or storage closet.
And of course some homes can't be retrofitted mobile homes for example have no slab to fasten a shelter to.
In-ground shelters can be equally as elusive in mobile home parks. The landowner is typically not the homeowner
so who is going to make the investment to make a shelter in the mobile home park?
The Federal Emergency Management Agency provides funds in some areas to offset the cost of constructing safe rooms.
How the Myth Began The myth that carrots improve your eyesight may have its roots in a WORLD WAR II propaganda campaign.
During the war The british Royal air force developed a new type of radar technology that helped pilots shoot down German enemy planes at night according to Smithsonian Magazine.
But in order to keep the new technology a secret the government said carrots were behind the pilots'success. Advertisements during the war touted the benefits of carrots for nighttime vision including one that read Carrots keep you healthy
More research is needed to understand the risks posed by the Toxoplasma parasite. Â In the meantime Torrey advocated controlling cat populations especially feral ones.
Genetic testing is used often to calculate the risk for celiac disease. However having the gene means that you are simply at risk for developing disease
and is not a conclusive diagnosis. Positive genetic tests should be followed up with celiac blood panels
Most unnerving people with untreated celiac disease have a significantly greater risk of developing several forms of cancer including lymphoma and small bowel cancer.
and risks that celiac disease does. Food allergies occur when a body s immune system overreacts to a food and produces Ige antibodies as a reaction producing histamines
which because of the RBMK reactors'design flaws created more reactivity in the nuclear core of reactor number 4. The resultant power surge caused an immense explosion that detached the 1000-ton plate covering the reactor core releasing radiation
A few seconds later a second explosion of even greater power than the first blew the reactor building apart
which was still operating at the time of the explosions. The explosions killed two plant workers who were the first of several workers to die within hours of the accident.
For the next several days as emergency crews tried desperately to contain the fires and radiation leaks the death toll climbed as plant workers succumbed to acute radiation sickness.
Most of the radiation released from the failed nuclear reactor was from iodine-131 cesium-134 and cesium-137.
But when radiation alarms began to go off at a nuclear plant in Sweden authorities were forced to reveal the full extent of the crisis. Within three months of the Chernobyl accident a total of 31 people died from radiation exposure or other direct
Despite the contamination of the site and the inherent risks in operating a reactor with serious design flaws the Chernobyl nuclear plant continued operation for many years until its last reactor was shut down in December of 2000.
A few hundred former residents of the area have returned to their former homes despite the risks of radiation exposure.
The region today is widely known as one of the world's most unique wildlife sanctuaries.
thus lowering the risk of cavities according to a study published in the journal Caries Research.
In recent years China has faced the daunting task of stopping the influx of wildlife contraband and protecting the threatened species within its national borders.
because China occupies a pivotal strategic position in the global fight for wildlife protection. With the global economic balance of power shifting eastward the rising purchasing power in East asia has made it a new destination for illegal ivory and other wildlife products.
Effective enforcement of China's Law on the Protection of Wildlife and the nation's honoring its obligations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species serve to protect Chinese indigenous species and those in other countries.
Furthermore reports of the involvement of organized militia and terrorist groups in elephant poaching are highly troubling
and undermine African regional security. This concerns the national interest of many countries including China.
As a vital force in the global alliance for wildlife protection China's growing commitment and efforts to combat illicit trafficking can save elephants and rhinos from extinction while inviting global commendation for its efforts.
This article is adapted from Battle to Protect World's Wildlife Depends on Beijing's Commitment which first appeared in the Global Times.
and hydroelectric and other infrastructure projects have placed China's remaining forests at risk. This prompted the United nations Environment Programme to list the country's forests as threatened and in need of protection.
Following closely on the heels of deforestation and agricultural development is desertification the destruction of vegetative land cover that results in a landscape defined by bare soil and rock.
and public health more than the existence of cancer villages entire towns that have been written off as so polluted that simply living there is a cancer risk.
The health risks associated with these kinds of purchases have not gone unnoticed: Binge drinking and alcohol-related hospitalizations have reached now epidemic proportions the Guardian reports
or LDL levels that are above 200 mg/dl mean you are at risk of having high cholesterol.
In general LDL levels that are between 200 and 239 mg/dl mean you are at borderline risk of high cholesterol
However if you have other factors that put you at risk for heart disease a minimum threshold may be 100 mg/dl instead.
People who are high at risk include those who have had a heart attack or have neck arm
and their grant reviewers recognized that the activity called SOD blitzes had a strong educational component
The cost of the blitzes has doubled almost in six years but $200000 would have supported only three or four technicians to do the fieldwork without the volunteers.
Volunteers have stepped definitely up with the SOD blitzes but it is another project that truly highlights how volunteers can be scientific peers to their academic counterparts.
Fighting the worsening infernos will likely involve combating invasive species like cheatgrass thinning forests in some areas
because if humanity waits the dangers are said profound Sachs. Sachs Hansen and their co-authors advocate a carbon tax to limit emissions.
A new nonprofit group is shipping 18-inch (46 centimeters) saplings of the trees for people to plant to help fight deforestation
Despite the absence of mining in the region however some water samples contained unsafe levels of mercury.
#Coffee Farms Falter as the World Heats Up (Op-Ed) Peter Lehner is executive director of the Natural resources Defense Council (NRDC.
But Costa rica of course cannot battle climate change on its own. The country produces just a few-hundredths-of-a-percent of global carbon pollution.
and reduce the predicted risks of climate change. President Barack Obama recently signed an executive order to step up climate preparedness efforts in the United states such as reassessing flood risks and encouraging investments in climate-resilient infrastructure.
And many states by improving energy efficiency and shifting to clean energy are already moving into position to meet upcoming limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants
#Cold war Nuclear Radiation Creates Anti-Poaching Tool (ISNS)--Radioactive carbon atoms created during 20th-century nuclear bomb tests could help save elephants
Nuclear bomb testing Carbon-14 is produced naturally by cosmic rays interacting with atoms in the Earth's atmosphere.
But in the 1950s and 1960s the United states and the former Soviet union conducted hundreds of aboveground nuclear bomb tests that nearly doubled the concentration of carbon-14 in the atmosphere.
The aboveground explosions were banned in 1963 and since then the concentration of carbon-14 has been steadily declining as natural processes remove it from the atmosphere.
and how much extra hunting pumas are forced to do at considerable risk to feed these'kleptoparasites'said Paul Beier a researcher at Northern Arizona University referring to the many animals that make a meal of the cougar's table scraps.
The security of global access to water perhaps the most precious natural resource of all is of particular concern.
Pollution poor management inefficiencies and overuse are real challenges to water security today while population growth drought and climate change pose imminent threats to water sources
and the ecosystems communities and businesses that depend on them. But here's the good news. Earth's accessible fresh water all 22312 cubic miles (93000 cubic kilometers) of it is infinitely renewable.
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It's part of a struggle for paternity in utero where babies of different fathers compete to be born.</
and analyzes radio telescope data in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). The network called the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) harnesses about 360000 processors operating at 150 trillion calculations per second.
and because battle wounds on the bones matched accounts of RICHARD III's death in the War of the roses.</
Wisdom and her young chick inhabit Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) which is famous for its Laysan albatross population.</
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</p><p>The crystal was found amongst the wreckage of the Alderney an Elizabethan warship that sank near the Channel Islands in 1592.
and other disasters can expect to see an explosion of shaggy-haired gallinippers(<i>Psorophora ciliata</i>)a type of giant mosquito according to entomologist Phil Kaufman of the University of Florida.</
</p><p>Archaeologists who were on hand during the construction of a new building in Edinburgh uncovered a carved sandstone slab decorated with markers of nobility a Calvary cross and a sword.
a lower risk of metabolic syndrome; and a lower body weight body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference.
Metabolic syndrome characterized by a cluster of symptoms raises a person's risk for heart disease. The symptoms include blood pressure higher than 130/85 mmhg;
which has been associated with a lower risk of heart disease. Previous research elsewhere has found an estimated 19 percent reduction in the risk of coronary disease
when the intake of monounsaturated fat is increased by 5 percent the current researchers wrote. Â Avocado eaters also fared well in the weight department.
and possibly reducing the risk of metabolic syndrome in the United states the researchers wrote. Further research is needed to verify this epidemiological data and study the potential association between increased intake of avocados and other dietary components.
and reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome. This story was provided by Myhealthnewsdaily a sister site to Livescience.
SAN MATEO Calif. The word drone tends to conjure up images of planes that kill terrorists or of creepy surveillance tools.
The extremely high rate of death and the risk of developmental abnormities from cloning makes cloning people unethical Lanza said.
But in recent years researchers at Mcgill University in Montreal have uncovered a new weapon that cranberries have against bacteria.
Proteus is this really aggressive swarmer commented Tufenkji which makes it particularly virulent in the urinary tract especially in catheterized patients who already have a high risk of infection.
and mixed together by temperatures consistent with the blast impact of an asteroid about 6 miles (10 km) across striking the Earth at this point.
when an extraterrestrial object strikes the Earth with great force. These remains are found as far north as Colorado.
and intelligence that is behind the patterns not in the form of hoaxers but some sort of global psychic power that manifests itself in wheat and other crops.
after all if mysterious earthly forces are at work there's no reason to think that they wouldn't happen
and operating on the ground through organized rebel groups has been responsible for the loss of some three-quarters of all African forest elephants in the past decade.
As a global leader in the fight to confront this crisis the United states must do the same.
In the fight to end the elephant poaching crisis nations must take a three-pronged approach:
At the time there was an explosion of forms as life explored the limitations and possibilities of having a body made up of different types of cells.
They are carnivorous hermaphroditic marine creatures that do not sting. The sea walnut (M. leidyi) is native to the western Atlantic
and overall risk of death the researchers said. The work was funded in part by the International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education Foundation
and the U s. Food and Drug Administration says that eating 1. 5 ounces of nuts per day may reduce the risk of heart disease.
Eating nuts less often than daily was linked also with a reduced risk of death but the link was not as strong:
People who ate nuts two to four times a week were 13 percent less likely to die during the study period those who ate nuts once a week had a 11 percent reduced risk of death
The findings support the results of prior research linking nut consumption with a reduced risk of many diseases including heart disease type 2 diabetes and colon cancer.
It's really such a cardio-protective food. The study relied on people's self-reports of
Despite the inherent danger the research is a critical means of gleaning information about the local grizzly population's health.
Obviously there's always a risk of something happening that we haven't seen before so vigilance is incredibly important here. 7 Iconic American Animals Researchers have conducted grizzly bear monitoring in various forms since 1973.
 After WORLD WAR II was not a good time to be a geneticist in Russia. Darwinism was seen as a justification that capitalists should have millions
because the capitalists had superior strength or intelligence. In 1948 genetics was banned in Russia. Genetic institutions were closed
#Darwin's Frogs Are in Steep Decline Some of nature's most fascinating fathers may be at risk of extinction.
Besides being at risk of deadly fungal infections frogs salamanders and their relatives are more vulnerable to environmental changes
An expert on sustainable agriculture and the potential environmental risks of biotechnology Mellon holds a doctorate in molecular biology and a law degree.
and the risk of cover crops using too much soil moisture. Despite the challenges the surveyed farmers had increased steadily their use of cover crops over the last decade.
A forestry expert quoted by the Natural resources Defense Council describes clear cutting as an ecological trauma that has no precedent in nature except for a major volcanic eruption.
#DIY Projects Linked with Lower Risk of Heart attack, Stroke For older adults gardening and do-it-yourself home activities like fixing up the house may cut the risk of heart attack
and stroke a new study from Sweden suggests. In the study adults ages 60 and over who engaged in high levels of home
and gardening activities were the cause of the lower risk of heart attack and stroke. In addition the best outcomes were seen among people who did both regular exercise and home and gardening activities.
The researchers analyzed information from nearly 4000 adults living in Stockholm who had had not a previous heart attack or stroke.
if any protection from extreme abuse and they're not even considered to be animals.
The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 amended the definition of animal to specifically exclude birds rats of the Genus rattus
and rejected back then about a possible relationship between intelligence and suffering are still being considered even in light of a plethora of new data on the cognitive and emotional lives of other animals.
since completing my cognitive ethology essay there has been an explosion in studies and data concerning the cognitive emotionaland moral lives of animals.
It has also become clear that the word intelligence needs to be considered in light of what an individual needs to do to be a card-carrying member of his
if a struggle for survival is accompanied not by a particular mental state then it fails to reveal a preference to live.
Degrazia's claim forces the following issue: we must be sure that there is not a particular mental state perhaps a mental state with
All this makes finding breed differences in qualities like intelligence and behavior all the more difficult. That does not mean there are no breed differences
At 102 the age at which 95 percent of humans are dead a Japanese woman has 20 times the risk of mortality than the average for adult humans over the life span.
Organisms that grow with age without stopping at a certain size like some trees may be less vulnerable in old age to environmental fluctuations or other threats.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a diet rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of cancer
When confronted with a raging wildfire such as the Rim Fire now threatening California's Yosemite Valley the U s Forest Service has several weapons in its firefighting arsenal including ground crews who create firebreaks and aircraft that dump water
Protecting sensitive areas These environmental problems have been addressed by changes to the compounds used in the fire retardant slurry mixture the AP reports
and these suits have resulted in some significant changes in the way the agency fights fires.
unless somebody's life is in danger Stahl said. Whether that will actually happen in the midst of a raging inferno
#Dog Treat Made from Bull Penis May Pose Health Risks When dog owners toss their canine companions a bully stick to chew on they might not be aware that the popular treat could be packed with calories
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