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Anastrepha suspensa, a Caribbean fruit fly. The Caribbean (/krbin/ or /krbin/; Spanish: Caribe; Dutch: About this sound Caraben (helpinfo); French: Carabe or more commonly Antilles) is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (most of which are enclosed by the sea), and the surrounding coasts.
Dallas   Food   Fruit   Photos   Wikipedia: Fruit fly   		 PhysOrg 
Fruit flies fed organic diets are healthier than flies fed nonorganic diets, study finds
Tue 26 Mar 2013
The study from the lab of SMU biologist Johannes H. Bauer, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, found that fruit flies raised on diets of organic foods performed better on several tests for general ... (photo: Creative Commons / Raeky)
Ruling party African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma looks back over his shoulder, during the nominations for the new leadership of their elective conference at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. South Africa's African National Congress, the nation's governing party, has begun accepting nominations for its top officials. At their meeting Monday, officials announced that there would be only two candidates contesting to be the party's president: Current President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
China   Photos   Russia   South Africa   Wikipedia: Jacob Zuma   		 Independent online 
Zuma to meet Chinese, Russian leaders
Tue 26 Mar 2013
Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma will meet his Chinese and Russian counterparts ahead of the Brics summit on Tuesday. | He will meet Chinese president Xi Jinping at the Union Buildings in Pretoria ... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe)
Cow - Farm - Green Grass  The Times Of India  Tue 26 Mar 2013
American cows have Indian origins, scientists find
NEW DELHI: Some famous cow breeds of the Americas, including the iconic Texas Longhorn, have descended from Indian ancestors, a new genetic study reveals. | Indian cows traveled to East Africa, then m... (photo: WN / Dominic Canoy)
Cattle   India   Photos   Scientists   Wikipedia: Cattle  
James Cameron  The New York Times  Tue 26 Mar 2013
‘Titanic’ Director Donates Deep-Sea Craft to Institute
The Hollywood director James Cameron is donating the craft that he built and last year rode into the sea’s deepest spot to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, as part of a new collaboratio... (photo: Creative Commons / Nehrams2020)
Depp-Sea   Hollywood   James Cameron   Photos   Wikipedia: James Cameron  
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Children watch TV in a temporary shelter in San Isidro, El Salvador BBC News Tue 26 Mar 2013
TV time 'does not breed badly behaved children'
Spending hours watching TV or playing computer games each day does not harm young children's social development, say experts. | The Medical Research Council (MRC) te... (photo: AP / Edgar ROMERO)
Children   Entertainment   Photos   TV   Wikipedia: Childhood  
People - Elderly - Patients - Senior Citizen - Clinic - Women BBC News Tue 26 Mar 2013
Social isolation 'increases death risk in older people'
Social isolation is associated with a higher risk of death in older people regardless of whether they consider themselves lonely, research suggests. | A study of 6,500 UK... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Family   Health   Photos   Society   Wikipedia: Old age  
Butterfly Nymphalis on the flowers of Prunus laurocerasus, in the countryside of Hamois, Belgium BBC News Tue 26 Mar 2013
Butterflies suffered in cold and wet 2012, says charity
Butterflies suffered in last year's wet and cold weather, having their worst year since 1976, a charity says. | Only four of the 56 species studied in the UK Butterf... (photo: Creative Commons / Luc Viatour)
Butterflies   Nature   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: Butterfly  
Microsoft founder Bill Gates delivers a speech during the "Microsoft Research Asia 10th Anniversary Innovation Forum," Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 in Hong Kong, China The Daily Telegraph Mon 25 Mar 2013
Bill Gates offers $1million to reinvent the condom
Bill Gates, the world's second richest man, is offering up to $1 million to anyone who can re-invent the condom. | The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aims to improve t... (photo: AP / Jerome Favre)
Condom   Gates Foundation   HIV   Photos   Wikipedia: Condom  
This Monday, July 16, 2012 photo shows the Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Yahoo is hiring longtime Google executive Marissa Mayer to be its next CEO, the fifth in five years as the company struggles to rebound from financial malaise and internal turmoil. The Business Review Mon 25 Mar 2013
Yahoo buys Summly news reader app
John Sailors | Yahoo Inc. has bought the mobile news reader app Summly, which was created by a 15-year-old Londoner. | All Things D cites sources as saying the company pa... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma)
Nick D'Aloisio   Photos   Summly   Wikipedia: Nick D'Aloisio   Yahoo!  


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