Personal Health: Weight Problems May Begin in the Womb
Excessive weight gain in pregnancy can result in bigger-than-average babies who are prenatally programmed to become overweight children. feeds.nytimes.com |
Aussies unlikely to embrace Frankenfish: expert
An Australian aquaculture specialist says fish farmers here are unlikely to embrace a new genetically modified (GM) salmon that is up for approval in the United States. abc.net.au |
Mozzie influx plagues Darwin businesses
The Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce says outdoor businesses could be losing up to 15 per cent of their trade because of an influx of mosquitos. abc.net.au |
Toxic coal sludge pollutes Ky. town 10 years later
By DYLAN LOVAN 2010-10-10T19:27:25ZLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- In parts of eastern Kentucky, the pictures coming out of Hungary of the red sludge that roared from a factory's reservoir, downstream into the Danube River, are all too reminiscent of what happened a decade ago this week.... hosted.ap.org |
Humans 'got to Asia much earlier'
Our ancestors got out of Africa and spread all the way to East Asia much earlier than believed, say scientists. bbc.co.uk |