Posted on January 3, 2007 by thestateofblog
Stay in school. Apparently, that is the secret to long life.
The one social factor that researchers agree is consistently linked to longer lives in every country where it has been studied is education. It is more important than race; it obliterates any effects of income.
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Posted on January 3, 2007 by thestateofblog
“Taking a long-awaited stand in an emotionally fraught food fight, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday released a 678-page analysis concluding that milk and meat from cloned animals pose no unique risks to consumers.”
“The decision, subject to change after a period of public comment, stops short of approving the sale of food from clones and [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2007 by thestateofblog
Sometimes simple spoken words can stick with the hearer for their whole life. When I was 16, I went on a 6-day sportfishing trip in the Sea of Cortez, the teeming, Pacific inlet between Baja California and mainland Mexico. The fishing boat, which looked like the one pictured above, left from the sleepy fishing village [...]
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