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Weight in pounds of a white truffle found on Nov. 23 near Pisa--the second largest ever; the world's largest, 5.5 lbs, was found...
...wingspan is covered with photovoltaic cells, which convert the sun's rays into roughly the same amount of energy needed to light a large Christmas tree. That solar power drives four electric engines, and loads four lithium batteries - a quarter of the aircraft's total weight of 3,300 lbs. (1,500 kg) - which allow the plane to continue flying through the night. Project director and co-pilot André Borschberg says that while labs around the world are developing lighter and more effective batteries, those currently available impose severe limits on the plane's weight. "With twice the battery...
This year Marrone is adding two lines: skin care for men and organic, mineral-based makeup (blushes, bronzers, eye shadows and lipsticks) in a subtle palette she had been unable to find. "A woman can eat 5 lbs. [2 kg] of lipstick over her life," says Marrone. "Our lipsticks only have nourishing extracts like shea butter and orange." They also have antioxidant ingredients like green tea, making them functional as well as beautiful. New York City's Bergdorf Goodman was so impressed that the store added the line this winter. And Organic Pharmacy will open a shop in Los Angeles...
...need a scientific study to tell you there's no such thing as a magic weight-loss pill. But a paper published today on BMJ.com shows exactly that: Taking federally approved anti-obesity medications, such as Xenical and Acomplia, leads only to modest weight loss - an extra 6 lbs. to 10 lbs. (2.7 kg to 4.7 kg) a year - and it's not likely to radically trim down bulging waistlines. "People have to understand it's very difficult to lose weight," says lead author Raj Padwal, an assistant professor at the University of Alberta...
...attempt to correct years of neglect. For decades, India was the biggest producer, exporter and consumer of tea in the world. That changed in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, India's largest export market, where demand fell by two-thirds, to less than 88 million lbs. (40 million kg) per year. India's producers had grown reliant on that guaranteed market, failing to maintain their bushes and machinery, and they never really recovered. Sri Lanka and Kenya are now the world's biggest exporters, each selling about 692 million lbs. (314 million kg) in 2006, well ahead...