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Breaking News Sun, 24 Feb 2013
potato crop
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 The Examiner 
Indian farmers harvested confirmed world-record yields of organic rice, potatoes (Video)
Sun 24 Feb 2013
A group of poor Indian rice and potato farmers who harvested confirmed world-record yields of rice and potatoes did so without the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)or chemicals of any kind.... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Silk textile of India in a exhibition
India   Photos   Textile   Travel   Wikipedia: Weaving  
 The Hindu 
Weaving a soft cottony story
Sun 24 Feb 2013
If you began this story with ‘Once upon a time…’ it would sound fairly long ago and suitably fairytale-like. But the story of Mani Chinnaswamy and Vijayalakshmi Nachiar is not so dis... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
A cockroach on the wall - insect - nature  DNA India  Sat 23 Feb 2013
Cockroaches could help build better robots in future
Researchers have found that running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their legs what to do. | These new insights on how bio... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Insect   Photos   Science   Technology   Wikipedia: Cockroach  
Sea turtle returned  The Examiner  Sat 23 Feb 2013
Sea turtle returned to the wild in Lido Beach
A loggerhead sea turtle nicknamed “Big Bel” that has been treated in Mote’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital since November was returned to the wild today, Feb. 22, from Lido Beach. | Big Bel ... (photo: US Coastguard / Petty Officer 3rd Class Jaclyn Young.)
Animal   Marine   Photos   Wikipedia: Sea turtle   Wildlife  
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Woman - Depression - Loneliness BBC News Sat 23 Feb 2013
Why does being lonely make you ill?
Loneliness is thought to be rising around the world and how often you see friends and family could have a significant effect on health. | Doctors have known for some time... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Family   Health   Photos   Society   Wikipedia: Family  
Plastic container for storing vegetable New Straits/Business Times Sat 23 Feb 2013
Perils of plastic
While plastic is bad for the environment, we can’t do without it. An environmental studies professor tells Zuhaila Sedek-De Booij ways to minimise its impact | IF you c... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Environment   Health   Photos   Plastic   Wikipedia: Plastic  
Goldfish for sale The Tribune San Luis Obispo Fri 22 Feb 2013
Goldfish growing, thriving in Lake Tahoe
Wrongfully convicted Calif. man freed from prison | 58 minutes ago | Sex offender pleads guilty to 2 Portland murders | Lawyer trapped for hours in San Diego ja... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Calif   Life   Photos   Water   Wikipedia: Goldfish  
shop for potato chips Canberra Times Fri 22 Feb 2013
Food's goodness lost in message
More than enough ... how one serving as recommended by its maker looks on a dinner plate. | ON the eve of updated national dietary guidelines being released last week, th... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Food   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Diet (nutrition)   Woman  
This artist's conception illustrates Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. The Siasat Daily Fri 22 Feb 2013
Smallest planet discovered
Washington, February 22: | Nasa has discovered the smallest known planet outside our solar system which is slightly larger than the moon and orbits its sun like host star... (photo: NASA / Ames/JPL-Caltech)
Kepler-37b   NASA   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Kepler-37b  


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