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Farming Costs Rise Faster Than Crop Price Increases (FuturePundit)

Thu, 15 May 2008 03:45:30 GMT

Under the impression that rising crop price are driven mainly by rising demand? Rising costs suggest that crop production won't rise fast in response to higher prices. "The price of...

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Web Sites Specialize In Watching You (FuturePundit)

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:04:25 GMT

If you feel paranoid because you feel you are being watched then your reaction is rational. Though I would advise "Don't worry, be happy". Zaba Inc.'s ZabaSearch.com turns up public...

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Nuclear Plant Costs Double To Quadruple Previous Estimates (FuturePundit)

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:09:50 GMT

Rebecca Smith of the Wall Street Journal reports on the thinking of big new nuclear power plant buyers. Nuclear power is seen to cost double to quadruple previous estimates. A...

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Explore : Moody's, Nuclear Energy

Kashagan Oil Field Production Start Hits Another Delay (FuturePundit)

Tue, 13 May 2008 06:11:09 GMT

On a day when oil hit a new intra-day trading high of $126.40 we also received indications that attempts to boost world oil production continue to hit roadblocks. Eni, Italy's...

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Explore : Energy and Water, Eni

First Podcast: Interview with “Sonic Futurologist” Martyn Ware (Intentional | Audio Identity Blog)

Tue, 13 May 2008 01:09:55 GMT

> Listen to the podcast now. (MP3, 22 minutes) We’re finally pulling things together for our first podcast. This will happen weekly, at least on a trial basis. Our topics, of course, are sound, identity, design and brands. What's the role of sound in creating impressions, orchestrating experiences, and engineering perceptions? Where does sound fit in [...]

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Explore : B.E.F., Heaven 17, Rock and Pop, The Human League

One Hundred Thousand Dollars For Ideal Egg Donor? (FuturePundit)

Sun, 11 May 2008 18:41:36 GMT

Writing in the Yale Daily News Divya Subrahmanyam points to high prices offers for ideal egg donors. Ivy League Egg Donor Wanted. Sound familiar? From the News to the New...

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IVF Starts Pregnancy In 16 Year Old Jerusalem Arab Girl (FuturePundit)

Sun, 11 May 2008 16:20:49 GMT

An Israeli Jewish doctor successfully started a pregnancy in an Arab girl at the age of 16. The total fertility rate in Israel is currently estimated at 2.77 children born...

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Explore : Israel, Jerusalem

Wilds Of World To Get Converted To Farm Land? (FuturePundit)

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:39:08 GMT

The Financial Times reports the Chinese government wants the Chinese to buy lots of farmland in other countries in order to boost production to feed China. Chinese companies will be...

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Explore : China, Financial Times, Government, Meteorology

Obesity Boosts Dementia Risk (FuturePundit)

Thu, 08 May 2008 07:11:21 GMT

Being too skinny also poses a dementia risk? Being obese can increase the risk of Alzheimer's Disease by as much as 80 per cent, according to a study in the...

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Explore : Alzheimer's Disease, Diseases, Health, Memory loss, Obesity

Mitochondrial DNA Risk In Macular Degeneration (FuturePundit)

Wed, 07 May 2008 06:45:35 GMT

If we could upgrade the DNA in our mitochondria (which break down sugar in cells to provide energy) then we could cut our risk of age-related macular generation (AMD) of...

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Cloudy Coastlines Caused By Kelp? (FuturePundit)

Wed, 07 May 2008 06:20:35 GMT

Stressed kelp cause more reflective cloud formation. Could their growth be boosted on a large scale as a way to cause global cooling? Scientists at The University of Manchester have...

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Ibuprofen Cuts Alzheimer's Disease Risk? (FuturePundit)

Wed, 07 May 2008 06:13:42 GMT

Does taking Ibuprofen cut Alzheimer's risk or does some cause of pain cut Alzheimer's risk? ST. PAUL, Minn. Long-term use of ibuprofen and other drugs commonly used for aches...

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Explore : Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Diseases, Memory loss

Sunrgi To Solve Photovoltaics Cost Problem? (FuturePundit)

Tue, 06 May 2008 06:04:41 GMT

A start-up company, Sunrgi, with a photovoltaics design based around focusing lenses and heat radiators claims that within 12 to 15 months they can get radically cheaper photovoltaics into mass...

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Explore : Energy, Solar Energy

Warren Buffett And Charlie Munger On Peak Oil (FuturePundit)

Tue, 06 May 2008 03:12:35 GMT

On a day when oil went over $120 per barrel you might wonder which direction production and prices are headed. Well, the richest man in the world (Warren Buffett or...

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Revival Comes For Weather Modification (FuturePundit)

Mon, 05 May 2008 06:02:18 GMT

The Chinese are predictably undeterred by worries about weather engineering efforts. The most extensive operations are taking place in China, however. Here, for example, weather-modification "authorities" use conventional military weaponry...

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Explore : Business, China, Engineering

Alcohol Suppresses Brain Response To Fearful Faces (FuturePundit)

Sun, 04 May 2008 19:42:39 GMT

Alcohol makes us somewhat blind to the meaning of facial expressions. Working with a dozen healthy participants who drink socially, research fellow Jodi Gilman, working with senior author Daniel Hommer,...

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10 Year Cooling Break From Global Warming Predicted (FuturePundit)

Sun, 04 May 2008 06:58:32 GMT

Many climate models show a steadily hotter century because of atmospheric carbon dioxide build-up. But Dr. Noel S. Keenlyside and colleagues at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences in Kiel,...

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Explore : Global warming, Meteorology

Chronic Pain An Ugly Side Of Aging (FuturePundit)

Sun, 04 May 2008 06:01:54 GMT

Some argue that aging is a dignified and life-enriching process. But the accumulation of damage to the body exacts a terrible price in human suffering. A novel study that attempts...

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Explore : Health, Pain

Big Photovoltaic Price Drop Due To Large Silicon Supplies? (FuturePundit)

Sat, 03 May 2008 06:43:00 GMT

Government policies spurred a rapidly rising demand for photovoltaics and these policies caused a rise in market prices. But an article in Technology Review reports some photovoltaics industry analysts are...

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Explore : Energy, Government, Solar Energy

US Congress Passes Legislation Against Genetic Discrimination (FuturePundit)

Fri, 02 May 2008 02:05:04 GMT

Genetic sequences contain information useful for judging people for health risks and potential productivity in different occupations. But the US Congress doesn't want employers or insurers to use the results...

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Explore : Discrimination