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Culture Gardening Photos Society UK | The Guardian
The sex life of plants
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession by Andrea Wulf 350pp, Heinemann, £18.99 Perhaps it is because our monomania for gardening is so ingrained in the social and... (photo: Creative Commons / Luigi Chiesa) | |
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 Arab News
Shisha: The Popular Health Hazard!
Mariam Alireza, Arab News We have been recently blessed with the ban of cigarette smoking in public areas (airports, hospitals, government buildings). This is a relief for the luckier majority of us... (photo: Public Domain Photo)
Cigarette Disease Health People Photos |
 Lexington Herald-Leader
High caterpillar levels raise concerns for pregnant mares
Eastern tent caterpillars are at the highest levels seen in the Bluegrass since 2001 but there have been no reports of foal deaths linked to the caterpillars, as there were that year. The University... (photo: Creative Commons / Christian Bauer )
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 The Times
Can you get herpes from kissing?
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } DR THOMAS STUTTAFORD A Herpes caused near-panic when the revolutionaries of the 1960s... (photo: AP Photo/Pat Roque)
Disease Health People Photos Science |
 The Times
A third of malaria drugs in Africa are ineffective
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } More than a third of antimalarial drugs sold in Africa have failed quality tests,... (photo: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / )
Africa Drugs Health Malaria Photos |
 Scientific American
Ivory Coast seeks $1 mln for three-headed coconut tree
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Researchers in Ivory Coast are asking $1 million for a three-headed hybrid coconut tree they believe could substantially boost the tropical nut's... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Coconut Growers Ivory Photos Trees |
 The Australian
African AIDS strategies failing
THE fight against the AIDS epidemic in Africa is founded on ineffective strategies and should focus on male circumcision and reducing promiscuity, according to leading... (photo: GFDL / Joewright )
Africa Aids Disease Photos Society |
 Independent online (SA)
Bird flu resurfaces in India
Kolkata, India - Veterinary workers were getting ready to cull thousands of backyard poultry to contain an outbreak of bird flu in India's eastern state of West Bengal... (photo: AP / Chitose Suzuki)
Health India Kolkata People Photos |
 Star Tribune
Baby bottles are the latest worry
Of all the concerns a parent faces in raising a child, Margaret Thomas didn't think her daughter's sippy cup would be a problem. But after hearing about potential... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag )
Health People Photos Science Society |
