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World Food Supply is Increasing Faster Than Population Growth
Posted in Business, Medicine on 27th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
The world population is growing at about 1.1% each year and world food production is increasing at a faster rate.
New studies shine light on long-term effects of intermittent fasting
Posted in Medicine on 29th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
The research suggests fasting for just one day a month over many years can lengthen lifespan and enhance cardiovascular health, but as always, the new studies are riddled with caveats.
America's deadly obesity epidemic
Posted in Medicine on 13th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
A public health emergency is shortening lives and supersizing health-care costs.
Speed Breeding Lets Us Develop Six Generations of Crops Instead of Two Each Year
Posted in Business, Science on 18th Jun, 2019
by Alex Muller
This will make it easier to increase crop yields to feed more people. Although we already have test fields with two to three times the yield of crops. So getting another double would mean we could feed more than 20 billion people.
Anti-aging compound from pomegranates proves promising in human clinical trials
Posted in Medicine on 17th Jun, 2019
by Alex Muller
Since aging is a key driver of many diseases, targeting that process could be a handy catch-all for treating a range of diseases and improving quality of life for pretty much everybody.