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...more troubling. The FDA devotes only 3% of its food-safety spending each year to fresh produce, which is especially important because it is often consumed uncooked. It examines less than 1% of produce imported into the U.S., despite the fact that the amount of imported food has grown dramatically in recent years...
...many Harvard students, admitting they need help in any aspect of their lives is equivalent to failing completely. Blame it on our training: We’ve grown accustomed to solving problems entirely on our own, because doing so proves to ourselves and others that we’re capable, effective individuals...
Before the imaging studies by Giedd and his collaborators at UCLA, Harvard, the Montreal Neurological Institute and a dozen other institutions, most scientists believed the brain was largely a finished product by the time a child reached the age of 12. Not only is it full-grown in size, Giedd explains, but "in a lot of psychological literature, traced back to [Swiss psychologist Jean] Piaget, the highest rung in the ladder of cognitive development was about age 12 - formal operations." In the past, children entered initiation rites and started learning trades at about the onset of puberty. Some theorists concluded...
...Dairy products traditionally have not been an important part of the Chinese diet. But government and industry promotional efforts have boosted consumption. The average annual per capita milk consumption of Chinese has grown from just 2 kg (4.4 pounds) in 1980 to 22 kg (48.5 pounds...
...While Islamabad claims to be fighting the militants, the U.S. military has grown increasingly frustrated over their use of sanctuaries in Pakistan to sustain their Afghan offensive. The U.S. has stepped up air strikes against targets in Pakistan and earlier this month, for the first time, launched a ground raid into Pakistan. The stepped up U.S. campaign has generated outrage in Pakistan, leading the army to declare it will defend the nation's sovereignty even if that means shooting at U.S. forces detected in Pakistani territory...