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SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
OBESITY KILLS
A new enemy is emerging in the 21st century — our appetite.
LOVE COFFEE? REJOICE

All those cups you've been putting away all these years could have been protecting you against diabetes.
FIBROMYLAGIA: A WORLD OF PAIN

Experts describe it as “an all-encompassing exhaustion that interferes with even the simplest daily activities.” As one sufferer puts it: “It feels like every drop of energy has been drained from my body"
MUTANTS ON YOUR PLATE

Next time you bite into a crunchy fried chicken drumstick, consider what you could be getting from that mouthful: nutrients like selenium and niacin, saturated fat, cholesterol, and several kinds of proteins - one of them an insect poison.
 
THE COMING CATASTROPHE

Parts of Metro Manila and Cebu, Laguna de Bay's lakeshore, and most port cities of the Philippines may soon vanish. The main culprit? Climate change due to global warming
 
FREE TO BURN

Jason Hudson wants to encourage South Africans to go on a burning spree -- and he has the machine for the job. It looks like a cross between a automated bank teller and a softdrinks dispenser.
HERE COMES LA NIÑA

Strong rains, flash floods, erosion, crop losses - these are just some of the things that the weather phenomenon brings in its wake
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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