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New genetic study hopes to cure anorexia
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WHEN June Alexander was 11 years old, she felt so guilty about eating that she would leave her school lunch untouched. A Queensland research team will lead a study that will attempt to find genetic links to anorexia While she was slowly wasting away, her mother wondered why she wasn’t like all the other girls. But more than 50 years later, Ms Alexander has triumphed … Continue reading
We deny the rights of children if we allow same-sex marriage
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PEOPLE who identify as homosexuals are free to live as they choose, but they don’t have the right to redefine marriage for the rest of us. Source: Supplied comments There are three categories of relationships that the law deals with: prohibited, such as incest and polygamy; permitted, such as de facto heterosexual and homosexual relationships; and privileged, which marriage is. Marriage between a man and … Continue reading
Nearly a Quarter of People in Greece and the U.S. Can’t Afford Food
Olga Khazan (source )
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No matter where you’re from, not having enough to eat is the ultimate signifier of economic distress. Food is the base of Maslow’s hierarchy. It’s the first concern in disaster zones. It’s usually the last thing to go — after the car and the nice apartment – when you lose your job. A Greek man eats food distributed by the Athens Municipality on January 30, … Continue reading
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Millions of poverty-stricken Italians unable to afford heat, meat amid economic crisis
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As a severe recession and unprecedented unemployment sweeps Italy, millions of people are struggling to make ends meet. The number of those receiving food assistance has doubled in the past two years, according to a government report. Tourist pass by a street beggar in central Rome.(AFP Photo / Filippo Monteforte) The data comes from national statistics institute ISTAT, which published an annual report demonstrating, among … Continue reading
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Brain Can Be Trained in Compassion, Study Shows
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Until now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion – the emotional state of caring for people who are suffering in a way that motivates altruistic behavior. Investigators trained young adults to engage in compassion meditation, an ancient Buddhist technique to increase caring feelings for people who are suffering. (Credit: © byheaven / Fotolia) A new study by researchers at the … Continue reading
Whose views skew the news?
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‘Media chiefs ready to vote out Labor, while reporters lean left’ While reporters’ political biases are always hotly debated, other biases remain – including too few voices from diverse backgrounds. AAP/Alan Porritt Most Australian journalists describe themselves as left-wing, yet amongst those who wield the real power in the country’s newsrooms, the Coalition holds a winning lead. But while the media’s political leanings will no … Continue reading
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Ancient discovery set to rewrite Australian history
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Five copper coins and a nearly 70-year-old map with an ‘‘X’’ might lead to a discovery that could rewrite Australia’s history. Australian scientist Ian McIntosh, currently Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University in the US, plans an expedition in July that has stirred up the archaeological community. The scientist wants to revisit the location where five coins were found in the Northern Territory in 1944 … Continue reading
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Western leaders study ‘gamechanging’ report on global drugs trade
Jamie Doward (source )
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Review by Organisation of American States on illicit drugs ‘could mark beginning of the end’ of prohibition José Miguel Insulza, secretary general of the Organisation of American States, which commissioned the report. Photograph: Mauricio Due As Casta Eda/EPA comments European governments and the Obama administration are this weekend studying a “gamechanging” report on global drugs policy that is being seen in some quarters as the … Continue reading
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The Curious Case Of CSIRO’s GM Field-Pea
Katherine Wilson (source )
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CSIRO abandoned costly development of a GM pea over safety concerns – but research continued overseas. Katherine Wilson examines the questions of political and commercial bias raised by the case CSIRO is again steeped in scandal. CSIRO — an organisation leaning on industry partners — has been besieged by accusations of improper industry influence. In the past decade, it has had to fend off several exposés revealing coal … Continue reading
