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'Hippy' monkey is a killer when starved of sexThe world's most peaceful primate is observed launching a lethal attack, giving clues to the origins of human gang warfare
NewScientist.com Saturday, July 04, 2009In Public Housing, Talking Up the Recycling BinIn the General Grant Houses in Manhattan, two women are spreading the word about recycling, door by door.
New York Times Saturday, July 04, 2009Why BMI Is A Bunch Of MalarkeyWeekend Edition's "math guy" Keith Devlin explains to Host Scott Simon why he thinks the Body Mass Index — a formula used to assess people's obesity — is a bunch of malarkey.
NPR Saturday, July 04, 2009Food Documentary Debate Misses Mainstream FarmersFood Inc., a documentary film about the modern agricultural industry, is a hit with big-city movie reviewers, small organic farmers and vegetarians. The movie argues that large-scale agriculture produces inexpensive meat and vegetables, but imposes high costs on the environment and Americans' health. But ordinary farmers — the people who grow the lion's share of what America eats — have largely been left out of the mainstream media debate over Food Inc. Frank Morris, of member station KCUR in Kansas City, drove out to hear what farmers are saying.
NPR Saturday, July 04, 2009Acetaminophen Concerns Prompt FDA RecommendationA panel of experts from the Food and Drug Administration has recommended lowering levels of acetaminophen in prescription and over-the-counter drugs because of concerns about liver damage. Host Scott Simon talks to NPR's Joanne Silberner about the proposed changes.
NPR Saturday, July 04, 2009Looters attack Libyan ruinsOnce a major city of the ancient world, Cyrene, today rests in ruins in Libya. Now open again to the world, the site is victimized by looters, the bane of archaeologists everywhere.
USATODAY Saturday, July 04, 2009Acetaminophen Levels Prompt FDA ConcernThis week, an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration raised a red flag about a very popular and very effective painkiller — acetaminophen. The panel of experts has recommended lowering levels of acetaminophen in prescription and over-the-counter drugs because of concerns about liver damage.
NPR Saturday, July 04, 2009Debate Over Food Movie Misses Most FarmersFood Inc., a documentary film about the modern agricultural industry, is a hit with big-city movie reviewers, small organic farmers and vegetarians. But ordinary farmers — the people who grow the lion's share of what America eats — have largely been left out of the mainstream media debate over the film.
NPR Saturday, July 04, 2009Top 10 Reasons Why The BMI Is BogusWeekend Edition math guy Keith Devlin graded the body mass index, a popular measure of determining healthy body weight, and failed it on 10 grounds.
NPR Saturday, July 04, 2009In Spain, The Dead Help Fight Climate ChangeIn the Barcelona suburb of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, the town's cemetery installed more than 450
solar panels on top of the mausoleums.
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