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Propolis, which bees use to seal hives, may have another use

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Apparently it works on mice, so millions of men may be hoping it works on them too. Scientists writing in the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry say the material that honeybees use to seal their hives may promote hair growth. In an ACS release, Ken Kobayashi and colleagues report that propolis,
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Swedish Merlot, anyone? Warmer world boosts Nordic tipples

Vineyards are where people expect polar bears, grower says

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On one of the world’s northernmost frontiers, grapevines are growing on hillsides and talk among farmers is about “terroir” and “aroma” as global warming and new technology push the boundaries of wine growing. “Maybe a touch of raspberry?” opined Wenche Hvattum, one of two farmers at the Lerkekasa vineyard west of Oslo — on the
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MLA attempts to make Bruce the Mosasaur a Manitoba icon

The renowned Manitoba mosasaur species 
should become provincial emblem, Cameron Friesen says

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Manitoba’s most famous archeological gem, Bruce the Mosasaur, would become the marine reptile fossil emblem for Manitoba under a private member’s bill brought forward by PC MLA Cameron Friesen. Bill 200, which received first reading in the Manitoba legislature Nov. 26 recognizes the mosasaur Tylosaurus pembinensis as Manitoba’s official marine reptile fossil emblem. The 13-metre
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The lowly potato gets a healthy makeover

A low-glycemic potato expands the menu for diabetics

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Scientist Benoît Bizimungu and his team at the Potato Research Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and the Lethbridge Research Centre in Alberta have developed a low-glycemic potato. Low-glycemic-index foods digest slowly, without creating a big spike of sugar and insulin in the body. This helps to achieve sustainable weight loss and improvement in the management of
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Conflicting ideologies cloud debate on farm chemicals

Chemical farmers view the notion that organic is more profitable as just plain wrong

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Anti-organic: Why do some farmers resist profitable change? Why do some farmers who use farm chemicals resist a conversion to organic methods even when it can be more profitable? A new study in the Journal of Marketing suggests it may be because making that change feels like switching belief systems. “The ideological map of American
Oriental fruit fly
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A destructive crop pest with many different names

The finding is expected to help with international biosecurity and control

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A global research effort has finally resolved a major biosecurity issue: four of the world’s most destructive agricultural pests are actually one and the same. For 20 years, some of the world’s most damaging pest fruit flies have been almost impossible to distinguish from each other. The ability to identify pests is central to quarantine,
chocolate
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When gas prices drop, people buy chocolate

Twenty per cent of gas bar customers also stock up on treats

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U.S. chocolate demand may have received an extra boost from an unlikely source this Halloween: the U.S. shale revolution. With an abundance of crude oil due to the country’s fracking boom pushing average U.S. retail gasoline prices to their lowest in four years, consumers have spare change to buy sweets at gas station stores, Hershey
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Good news for your diet: potatoes help you lose weight

The bad news: that doesn’t mean french fries

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Research published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition demonstrates that people can eat potatoes and still lose weight. “Some people have questioned the role of potatoes in a weight loss regimen because of the vegetable’s designation as a high glycemic index (GI) food, lead investigator Dr. Britt Burton-Freeman said in a release.
an orange corn cob
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Golden Rice, make way for Orange Corn

Orange corn rich in vitamin A on its way

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While the world continues to debate the potential for Golden Rice genetically modified to contain higher vitamin A, Purdue University researchers have found a way to boost vitamin A in corn using traditional plant-breeding methods. Researchers say they have identified a set of genes that can be used to naturally boost the provitamin A content

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