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A deep-space craft dinner in space? Mars food Mission plans astronaut nourishment in space ! Mon, 09/07/2012 - 17:06 by Minnie Mahendru What about a dinner served aboard a Mars bound space craft multi million miles away from Mother Earth? At one time this was an impossible thought, but Astronauts in space flying towards the red planet, today or tomorrow are going to need loads of food for their sustenance. As weight is a big issue in space travel, cooking a meal on the space craft is going to be an extraordinary test for the astronauts on this assignment. Comments Read more	N. Korea changes stance, says ready for disarmament Fri, 02/03/2012 - 09:14 by sana kanwal The world political scenario at the Korean peninsula suddenly has started to seem like an adventure novel that springs a new turn to the story even as the fix is perceived to be at its highest point. Comments Read more	New US dietary guidelines urge less sugar, salt Wed, 02/02/2011 - 22:53 by Yasser Ali The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services have come up with a new set of dietary guidelines which emphasizes on less sugar and fewer calories. Comments Read more
Planning a Frugal New Year's Bash Mon, 20/12/2010 - 11:03 by Gunjan Mehra Believe it or not, money has got nothing to do with how fun-filled your new year’s party is going to be. An enthusiastic host can turn even road-side into a discotheque. Comments Read more	Food prices in China up 11.7 percent Sat, 11/12/2010 - 22:37 by Prince damin Beijing -- China said Saturday its consumer price index rose 5.1 percent on an annual basis in November with food prices climbing 11.7 percent. Core prices, which exclude food, rose 1.9 percent from November to November, CNNMoney.com reported. On Friday, the People's Bank of China raised its reserve requirement for banks 0.5 percent after customs officials said exports had increased 35 percent over the past 12 months and imports were up 38 percent. Analysts expect the bank will take further steps to slow the economy and curb the inflationary trend. Last week, China said it would aim for a more "prudent" monetary policy next for 2011. In contrast, the annual CPI is about 1.2 percent in the United States. Comments Read more	Study: Primates best at coping with change Thu, 02/12/2010 - 10:40 by Prince damin Durham, N.C. -- Primates are more adept than other animals at dealing with seasonal environmental changes, especially rainfall, U.S. researchers say. To find out how well primates cope with unpredictability, compared with other animals, researchers at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham, N.C., analyzed decades of birth and survival data for seven species of wild primates, a center release reported Wednesday. "Wild animals deal with a world that's unpredictable from year to year," study lead author Bill Morris, a biologist at Duke University, said. "The weather can change a lot; there can be years with plenty of food and years of famine." Comments Read more
Traveling with Kids Made Cheap Sun, 21/11/2010 - 14:23 by Gunjan Mehra While taking your young travelers along, the only way you can keep it cheap and hassle free is to plan in advance the minutest detail of your travel. Comments Read more	Delivery robber recognized at restaurant Thu, 11/11/2010 - 08:04 by Prince damin Springfield, Mass. -- Police in Massachusetts said a man who robbed a delivery driver was arrested after apparently gaining a taste for the food and visiting the restaurant. Springfield police said Edward Blatch, 23, and a second man armed with a shotgun robbed a driver from the Fu Wong restaurant Sept. 20 of $200 cash, a food order, a cellphone, a Bluetooth device, a school ring and car keys, the Boston Herald reported Wednesday. Sgt. John Delaney said the driver recognized Blatch when the suspect stopped by Fu Wong at 1:30 p.m. Monday for lunch. Restaurant employees surrounded the suspect in a booth and prevented him from leaving until police arrived. Blatch was charged with armed robbery and ordered held in lieu of $2,500 cash bond. Comments Read more	9 Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Stocks Near 52-Week Highs Fri, 29/10/2010 - 09:35 by Anand Chokkavelu I love bargain stocks, especially when they're hitting 52-week lows. Still, it can be instructive to also look at stocks that are riding high. For one thing, they can make good sell candidates. More optimistically, we may be able to find a few companies that can continue their upward climbs. Comments Read more
U.N.: World farmland disappearing Fri, 22/10/2010 - 09:41 by Prince damin United Nations -- The world is losing 75 million acres of farmland a year due to environmental degradation, conversion to industrial use and urbanization, a U.N. report says. The loss will have dramatic consequences for hundreds of millions of farmers, fishermen and indigenous people, Olivier De Schutter, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to food, said in a report presented Thursday before the U.N. General Assembly. "Today, 500 million small-scale farmers suffer from hunger partly because their right to land is under attack," De Schutter says. "As rural populations grow and competition with large industrial units increases, the plots cultivated by smallholders are shrinking year after year," he says. Comments Read more	Just like humans, dogs too can be pessimistic‎--study Tue, 12/10/2010 - 09:54 by Priyanka As per UK researchers, just like human beings, dogs too have the tendency to be pessimistic in their outlook towards life, especially when left home alone by the owner. Comments Read more	Seals help map ocean floor Fri, 08/10/2010 - 10:19 by Prince damin Santa Cruz, Calif. -- Seals diving deep in the ocean for food near Antarctica are helping provide extremely accurate data for use in mapping the sea floor, oceanographers say. Seals, walruses, whales and other large marine creatures have helped oceanographers before, as scientists have glued sensors to the animals' bodies that measures factors like temperature and salinity, ScienceNews.org reported. The new work with elephant seals is the first to extract information on the shape of the seafloor -- known as bathymetry -- from new sensors, glued to the animals' heads, which can measure pressure and hence depth. "You can actually map the ocean floor," Daniel Costa, a marine biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, says. Comments Read more