Obese people get less satisfaction from food
Obese people may overeat because they experience less satisfaction from the taste of food, scientists believe.
Archive for October 20th, 2008
Antarctic mission to find world’s oldest ice
Scientists are to embark on a mission likened to going to Mars to find the planet’s oldest ice in Antarctica and unravel the mysteries of climate change.
Major Mercury Protection Law Passes Congress, Will Prevent Exports
WASHINGTON (September 29, 2008) — Critical legislation that will help protect Americans and people around the world from mercury poisoning by banning the export of elemental mercury from the United States was passed by Congress today, according to scientists and policy experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
Bonobos not all peace and free love
Bonobos may not fully deserve their “make love not war” hippy-like reputation, scientists have found.
NRDC: Dirty Fuels Have No Place in Bailout Deal
WASHINGTON (October 2, 2008) – Today, Karen Wayland, Legislative Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), issued the following statement regarding the inclusion of tax incentives for dirty fuels in the economic recovery package: “Dirty fuels — like oil shale, tar sands and liquid coal — have no business in a clean energy package, [...]
Activists urge Italy to quit coal
As the Rainbow Warrior arrives here to embark on the UK leg of of her worldwide "Quit Coal" tour, activists from another of our ships, Arctic Sunrise, have been busy putting coal in the
hot seat in Italy.
"Small variations in global temperatures have vast consequences. The
last Ice Age was only six degrees colder than today. [...]
Greenwatch: WWF ‘greenprint’ for presidential candidates
Today’s top green stories from websites around the world
Stephen Moss on the lengths some birders will go to to spot a rare migrant
Warmer temperatures mean that more and more rare migratory birds are being blown off course and on to British shores. It’s good news for birders – but not always for the birds, writes Stephen Moss