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...North. Urologists even talk about a "kidney stone belt," a high-risk zone through the South where populations are more likely to develop stones - crystallized chemicals (usually calcium, phosphates and oxalates from an ordinary diet) that form in the urinary tract, and often cause sharp, intense pain when they pass. The Texas researchers used regional data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to predict how this belt might grow, publishing their report this month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. By 2050, the research suggests, 56% of Americans will live in regions encompassed...
...opinion that the EPA did have the right to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, and that under the Clean Air Act, it needed to do so. That decision helped push the Bush Administration, kicking and screaming, toward climate change action, and provided momentum for individual states like California looking to pass their own carbon caps...
...skyrocketing. Still, the FAA continued to assume that most parts were properly manufactured and safe. This last alarmed me: if the opportunity existed for making and selling counterfeit parts with little FAA oversight, then the chances of getting caught were slim. How could an unscrupulous manufacturer or broker pass up odds like that...
...nose and tube socks nipping at his knees, the guy was a geek, explaining the intricacies of an esoteric display. The girl on his arm, however, was a beaut, listening attentively to everything he said. For this geek, it was enough to make me want a yearly pass. –Brian J. Bolduc ‘10, a Crimson editorial editor, is an economics concentrator in Winthrop House...
...Many schools will try to pass along some of the cost increases to families already grappling with higher grocery bills. An additional 1.5 million Americans were receiving food stamps in March compared to a year earlier, according to the USDA. Meanwhile, America's Second Harvest, the nation's largest food-bank network, reported a 20% increase in the number of people seeking food aid this spring compared to a year ago. And this summer more parents have signed their kids up for camps that make use of free lunch programs. "More and more children are coming to child care hungry...