Penn psychologists find 6-to-9-month-olds understand the meaning of many spoken words

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/uop-ppf021012.php

/ Penn University of Pennsylvania psychologists infants learning /

How to use diet & exercise to naturally treat your depression

http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-use-diet-and-exercise-to-naturally-treat-your-depression/

/ whole grains spinach bananas orange juice antioxidants vitamins walnuts dark chocolate milk turkey salmon serotonin /

The wilderness survival skills you should know

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/02/be-a-grown-up-boy-scout-the-wilderness-survival-skills-everyone-should-know/#more-415292

/ wilderness woods predator shelter hygiene positivity positive first aid /

Is sugar worse for you than alcohol?

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/02/is-sugar-worse-for-you-than-alcohol/

/ alcohol toxicity processed obesity epidemic /

Manage your diabetes with Diabetes Pilot

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/02/01/manage-your-diabetes-with-diabetes-pilot/

/ insulin injection glucose /

How to stay productive in troubled times

http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-stay-productive-in-troubled-times/

/ distressful situation human predicament alcohol /

Top scientific discoveries of 2011

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/top-discoveries-2011/?pid=2732&viewall=true

FAO Media Centre: "energy-smart" agriculture needed to escape fossil fuel trap

http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/95161/icode/

FAO = Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

/ energy-smart /

Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki on food

Usual eclectic mix from Dr. Karl, including:

- the woman whose life was saved by a feces transplant;

- 90% of the genetic material in your body is not yours; &

- why do some people get ice cream headache & others not?

Podcast at:

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2011/3347708.htm

Mexico sees future with biofuels

A problem with biofuels  is that they compete for arable land & food (corn & sugar cane have been used as feedstocks).  Mexico has recently been running trials with biofuels derived from the Jatropha plant which can be grown in arid & marginal land.


http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/08/12/mexico.biofuels/

Food Prices Stir Concern About Biofuels Mandates

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/science/earth/07cassava.html?ref=science

World Hungers For More Food

http://m.smh.com.au/environment/world-hungers-for-more-food-20110402-1csbh.html