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Journal: Food Addiction–Could It Explain Why 70 Percent of Americans Are F

Mark Hyman, MD Practicing physician Posted: October 16, 2010 09:04 AM Food Addiction: Could It Explain Why 70 Percent of Americans Are Fat? Our government and food industry both encourage more “personal responsibility” when it comes to battling the obesity epidemic and its associated diseases. They say people should exercise more self-control, make better choices, …

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Journal: 2005 Seminal Work Ignored to This Day…

Authors: By Members of the 2005 “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” Committee; Prepared for the Presidents of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine Authoring Organizations Description: In the face of so many daunting near-term challenges, U.S. government and industry are letting the crucial strategic issues of U.S. competitiveness …

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Worth a Look: Optimism 2.0

How an optimistic outlook can help improve your state of health, not just your state of mind. Mary Desmond Pinkowish | September 2010 issue Admit it. Secretly you think optimistic people are just a little annoying—their constant, insufferable smiling; the way they’re always looking on the “bright side” and reciting cheerful aphorisms. When you encounter …

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Review: The World in 2050–Four Forces Shaping Civilization’s Northern Future

Limits to Growth in the 21st Century September 30, 2010 Laurence C. Smith This book was recommended to me and I recommend it to others, but with the following observations: 1) Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update was there in the 1970’s. It troubles me, as much as I read, how I seem to see …

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Nature Tries to Imagine a World Without Mosquitoes/Malaria

Published online 21 July 2010 | Nature 466, 432-434 (2010) Ecology: A world without mosquitoes Eradicating any organism would have serious consequences for ecosystems — wouldn’t it? Not when it comes to mosquitoes, finds Janet Fang. (download pdf version) Every day, Jittawadee Murphy unlocks a hot, padlocked room at the Walter Reed Army Institute of …

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Worth a Look: “Liberation Technology”

Program on Liberation Technology (Stanford University, California) Liberation Technology Newsletter (Winter 2010, Stanford University, California) Liberation Technology International Research (Stanford University, California) Seminar on Technology for Developing Regions (Stanford University, California) Designing Liberation Technologies (Stanford University, California) Technology of Liberation?  Activists Get Their Own Smartphone (Huffington Post) Liberation Technology and Digital Activism (Meta-Activism Project) Is …

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