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Processed Foods and Cancer Risk - Antarctica Journal News

Processed Food and Cancer Risk

While shopping in the grocery store you may want to stay away from the processed food isles.  Research has shown a definitive link between processed food and cancer risk.  They found that there is a 12% chance of you getting ...
Capitalism

Capitalism – Confronting and Constructing a Culture

By Evo Morales, President of Bolivia - Jan 24, 2013 Sisters, brothers: The world is being hit by a world-wide multiple crisis that is manifested in a climate, financial, food, institutional, cultural, ethical and spiritual crisis. This crisis indicates to ...

WHAT’S THE WORLD’S TOP PROBLEM?

WIN/Gallup International asked 66,806 people in 65 nations. Here’s a sampling of what they said: ...
Can Best By dates be trusted

Can Best By dates be trusted on meats and fish?

Can Best By dates be trusted on meats and fish? Do you think your local supermarket is practicing truthful Best By dates on that packaged meat, chicken, or fish? Your guess could be quite wrong!! Investigators found that almost every ...

Dark matter is (probably) more complex than you think

Scientists typically believe that dark matter behaves in a simple way: if one clump encounters another, the two interact solely through gravity. However, researchers have published findings which suggest that there's more involved. They've noticed dark matter (the blue lines ...
Famed 'Tiger Temple' Monks Abusing Tigers

Famed Tiger Temple Monks Abusing Tigers

The Buddhist monks of the ‘Tiger Temple’ have been accused of abusing the tigers at their temple.  Authorities raided the temple under allegations that the monks were abusing the tigers and selling their parts for profit.  The monks and the ...

Incarceration Nation

THE UNITED STATES has the highest incarceration rate in the world. In fact, according to the most recent data, the U.S., while having only 4.5% of the world's population, holds 21 percent of the world's prisoners. The last few years ...
Can the Power of Touch Help You Relax

Can the Power of Touch Help You Relax?

A study was conducted with couples to see the effect of touch on how they reacted to pain.  They were either touching hands, sitting next to each other and not touching, or separated into different rooms.  The couples that were ...

The Befuddling Effect of Poverty

The strain of worrying constantly about making ends meet depletes poor people's brainpower, making them more likely to make bad decisions that can perpetuate the cycle of poverty. In fact, Princeton University researchers conclude in a new study, just feeling ...
Concepcion Picciotto Dies After 30 Year White House Vigil

Protestor Dies After 30 Year White House Vigil

In January 2016, Concepcion Picciotto died at the age of 80 after holding vigil outside the White House to protest the use of nuclear weapons.  She was a familiar sight to passersby and tourists as she protested the use nuclear ...