3- What is so special about Japanese urban agriculture, and why does it matter? Precisely because it happens in (and around) cities, urban agriculture has several distinctive features from its rural counterparts. In Japan, several social and environmental functions of …
2- Japan is quite a unique case when it comes to urban agriculture. Despite being a highly industrialized country, the presence of agricultural land use is a common feature on the urban landscape of cities across the nation. It might …
1- Sometimes regarded as a sign of developmental failure, a nuisance or simply nonsense, the truth is that urban agriculture has experienced a renaissance in recent years. Momentum has built around agglomerating social movements concerned with providing community access to …
3- Researchers are also using advanced imaging tools to pinpoint the areas in the brain that underlie anxiety disorders. Using an imaging technique called functional MRI (fMRI), scientists are scanning the brain in action—as it thinks, remembers, feels emotion and …
2- A psychologist at the University of California, San Diego, works with anxious youth in underserved, rural areas. Her team is studying ways to make CBT more accessible to these children, who may have trouble getting to therapy sessions. To …
1- Anxiety is an uneasy feeling that something may harm you or a loved one. This feeling can be normal and sometimes even helpful. If you’re starting a new job or taking a test, it might make you more alert …
3- To test the viability of these two biofuels, David Tilman, an ecologist at the University of Minnesota, calculated the total environmental costs of their production. Tilman and colleagues found out that when all these costs are calculated, ethanol made …
2- But to make these fuels, a lot of petroleum is necessary – to make and operate farm machinery, to produce pesticides and fertilizers, and to process the harvest into fuel. Some people have discussed that the emissions of greenhouse …
1- In the battle of biofuels for cars and trucks, biodiesel beats ethanol, new research concludes – but it will not reduce the strong request for petroleum. Both ethanol biofuel, made from corn, and biodiesel, made from soybeans, were recommended …
4- Studies indicated the existence of a great benefit from a fruit and vegetable diet in some cancers, including mouth, esophagus, lung and stomach. They estimated that 30 to 35 percent of cancers are caused by nutritional factors, especially obesity. …