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‘Future 50’ food items identified in new report
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‘Future 50’ food items identified in new report

It also emphasises that food diversity across the world is being lost
February 22, 2019
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How childhood infections and antibiotics may increase risks of mental illness
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How childhood infections and antibiotics may increase risks of mental illness
Health spending increases in lower-income countries: WHO report
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Health spending increases in lower-income countries: WHO report
Why opposing the man Trump wants as head of the World Bank might just work
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Why opposing the man Trump wants as head of the World Bank might just work
Don’t condemn processed food producers, work with them: IFPRI
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Don’t condemn processed food producers, work with them: IFPRI

The agriculture research institute’s report calls for governments to work with the food sector to meet nutrition goals since these businesses are bound to grow
February 20, 2019
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Bramble Cay melomys is first mammal to go extinct due to climate change
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Bramble Cay melomys is first mammal to go extinct due to climate change

Australian government makes it official that the 'little brown rat' has vanished
February 20, 2019
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This sensor may help detect early stages of diabetes
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This sensor may help detect early stages of diabetes

Indian scientists develop sensor to detect low levels of RBP4 biomarker
February 20, 2019
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What happens to the natural world if all the insects disappear?
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What happens to the natural world if all the insects disappear?

When insect numbers decrease everything higher up in the food web will suffer. This is already happening
February 19, 2019
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What mapping Kenya’s child deaths for 50 years revealed – and why it matters
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What mapping Kenya’s child deaths for 50 years revealed – and why it matters

Kenya performed well above average, with a rate of 46 deaths per 1,000 live births compared to an average of 76 across sub-Saharan Africa region
February 18, 2019
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World’s working-age population growing slowest in over 2 decades
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World’s working-age population growing slowest in over 2 decades

The unemployment rate will continue to be high for years to come
February 16, 2019
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An Arctic Council-like Himalayan body brewing in India’s backyard
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An Arctic Council-like Himalayan body brewing in India’s backyard

The ICIMOD is pursuing 8 countries, including India, to set up an inter-governmental body to protect the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, known as the water tower of Asia
February 15, 2019
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New drug can reverse failing memory
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New drug can reverse failing memory

Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health develops molecule to help those at risk of cognitive problems
February 15, 2019
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How safe is your food. Not much it seems
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How safe is your food. Not much it seems

Contaminated food leads to the death of 2 million people around the globe annually and is responsible for more than 200 types of diseases
February 15, 2019
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Scientists look into the past to identify locally threatened fish
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Scientists look into the past to identify locally threatened fish

The researchers reconstructed species’ occurrences by combining modern underwater transect surveys and catch assessments with historical records
February 14, 2019
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Sundarbans’ ‘swamp tigers’ could be gone in 50 years, warns study
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Sundarbans’ ‘swamp tigers’ could be gone in 50 years, warns study

Climate change, rising seas, industrial development and construction of new roads would hasten the tigers’ end, it says
February 13, 2019
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WHO issues new international standard for music devices
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WHO issues new international standard for music devices

The objective is to prevent hearing loss among 1.1 billion young people
February 13, 2019
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500,000 cattle dead in Australia floods
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500,000 cattle dead in Australia floods

Australia’s beef industry is expected to be severely hit and could take several decades to recover
February 13, 2019
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Surprise! India and China are greening faster than rest of the world
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Surprise! India and China are greening faster than rest of the world

China and India — the two economic powerhouses of Asia — are contributing significantly to the greening of the planet, accordin to a new global study 
February 12, 2019
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Slowing climate change could reverse drying in the subtropics
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Slowing climate change could reverse drying in the subtropics

Climate projections suggest subtropical drying will continue through the 21st century; Ecosystems, agriculture and urban water in Southern Hemisphere will be stressed
February 12, 2019
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Is the world hurtling towards an ‘Insect Apocalypse’?
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Is the world hurtling towards an ‘Insect Apocalypse’?

New study warns that more than 40 per cent of insect species are declining and a third are endangered
February 11, 2019
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Shark Bay: A World Heritage Site at catastrophic risk
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Shark Bay: A World Heritage Site at catastrophic risk

A 2018 workshop classified Shark Bay as being in the highest category of vulnerability to future climate change. 
February 08, 2019
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Could plastic spill in the North Sea have been behind deaths of 20,000 seabirds?
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Could plastic spill in the North Sea have been behind deaths of 20,000 seabirds?

The birds, called guillemots have been washing up on the Dutch shore in the aftermath of containers spilling from a ship passing through the area
February 08, 2019
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The more Asians migrate to cities, the more it will help tigers, says study
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The more Asians migrate to cities, the more it will help tigers, says study

Researchers from a prominent non-profit feel that Asia's increasing urbanisation and rapid demographic transition could mean that tiger range areas would be more free of people
February 07, 2019
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Simultaneous quakes rock Kashmir
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Simultaneous quakes rock Kashmir

The first quake happened on February 5 while the second happened the day after
February 06, 2019
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European colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling
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European colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling

The unprecedented reforestation event in the Americas led to a reduction of 5 parts per million CO₂ from the atmosphere – only about three years’ worth of fossil fuel emissions today.The Conversation
February 04, 2019
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