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  Honeybee Swarms Show Some Urban Hobbyists Have More to Learn
  Topic by Nora G Hertel

  Over the last few years, urban municipalities have begun encouraging and regulating the care of honeybees in the city. Roofs, parks, and back yards across North America and Europe now house beehives. The support for urban beekeeping comes as a response to colony collapse disorder, a...

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  Record Drought Damaging Crops
  Topic by Kate Prengaman

  It is odd to be writing about drought tonight, as rain pounds down on my roof. The sky turned black at 6:30 pm when the storm rolled in, and as I rush home on my bike, I watched other people staring at the sky is surprise. This is our first real rain in what seems like months. For the year,...

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  Ever Wonder Why Tomatoes Taste So Terrible?
  Topic by Derrick Bang

  Trust the image-obsessed United States to craft a tomato for superficial appearance, rather than flavor. Actually, doing that to “a” tomato wouldn’t have been so bad; unfortunately, this heinous act has been perpetrated on all tomatoes. Or, at least, it seems that way. The Frankenfruit...

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  Raw Milk Safety
  Topic by Enelda Butler

  Raw (unpasteurized) milk has become increasingly popular in recent years. Although raw milk is high in fat, many people believe there are health benefits of some of the pathogens found in milk prior to pasteurization. Certain proteins, enzymes and bacteria in raw milk are believed to improve...

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  Spare the Genetically Modified Swine
  Topic by Peter Haugen

  Pity the pigs. The pigs must die. Not for bacon's sake. Not for the barbecue pit must they perish. Nor will they become juicy pork-chops for carnivorous Canadians. No these swine—called Enviropigs because of their relatively non-polluting poop—must die because there's no more money for the...

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  Oregano -A Way to Keep Livestock Healthy?
  Topic by Harvey K Black

  It’s not just for pizza and pasta anymore. Oregano, the spice that is practically ubiquitous on Italian food, is turning up in the feed of livestock—or at least its oil is. This is not because farmers and other livestock purveyors want to provide tasty food to their chickens and pigs....

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  Indoor Tanning: an Issue of Addiction?
  Topic by Erin Luhmann

  With salon names like Half-Baked Tanning, Electric Tan, Sun UR BUNZ, T-N-T Tanning and Sizzle, the tanning industry has been ripe for parody long before Kristen Wiig played the New Jersey tanning mom, Patricia Krentci, on SNL. While Krentci’s sun-logged complexion and alleged tanning abuses...

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  Public or Private, Shelters are Necessary for Tornado Season
  Topic by Nora G Hertel

  Growing up in Indiana, I accepted tornado safety as a reliable sign of spring. Every April in school I practiced drills, lining interior halls and bathrooms with my peers. My older brother experienced a close encounter with a tornado glancing by our elementary school, so I spent my years...

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  The Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima: The Aftermath
  Article by Charles F Barnaby

  The major Asian countries with civil nuclear programmes - China, India and South Korea – have, post-Fukushima, reaffi...

• The Rise of Tick-Borne Illnesses and Misdiagnosed Cases
  Topic by Erin Luhmann
• The Porous Nature of Concrete As It Relates to Molds
  Article by Rod Danz
• Alzheimer's Disease: The Demographics of Aging
  Topic by Harvey K Black
• Advancing Translational Research Requires Return to Contract Program at NIH
  Article by Robert E Baier
• 100 Years Ago, Biochemist Funk Was First to Identify a Vitamin
  Topic by Harvey K Black