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...blamed on global warming, but scientists say that in a greenhouse world, deluges and droughts will be more frequent--and severe. Already the hotter climate has increased the range of tropical diseases such as malaria and yellow fever. Other ominous signals from an overburdened planet include falling grain and fish harvests and fiercer competition for scarce water supplies...
...PLEASE It may make your eyes tear, but wasabi, that fiery green stuff served with sushi, could be good for your teeth. Japanese researchers find that an ingredient in the Asian horseradish (no, it's not mustard) seems to inhibit the growth of bacteria linked to cavities. If raw fish doesn't hold much appeal, the cavity-fighting compounds, called isothiocyanates, are also present in cabbage...
...cope with a world torn apart and debased by the sexual revolution of the late 1950s and early 1960s. However, from the historical tone of the prologue to the modest conclusion of the novel ("This book is dedicated to humanity"), Houellebecq constantly reminds his reader that he has bigger fish to fry than individual characters. Set in the more enlightened near future, The Elementary Particles aims for no less than a complete mapping-out of Western society's downward trajectory in the second half of the 20th century...
When the service is over, they will linger for a bit. The old people will talk to each other in Portuguese, before heading home, perhaps stopping at the Portuguese butcher for sausage or the fishmonger for fish imported from Portugal...
...stores I need are here," Lopes says, gesturing out the window. "I can buy my Portuguese food, sausage, butter, flour to make cakes and the fish comes imported...