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		<title>Bottoms up!</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/bottoms-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People have been controlling fermentation for at least 9,000 years. What were the ancients brewing, and how did alcohol change society?]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving! We celebrate eating &#8212; and food.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Thanksgiving! We celebrate eating -- and food. Hungry: Is that your "food clock" ringing? Why does a fruitfly need to smell? How does bitter taste to you? And could eating MSG make you fat?]]></description>
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		<title>Hungry? History has lessons for improving farm productivity.</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/hungry-history-has-lessons-for-improving-farm-productivity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After World War II, the “green revolution” sparked an explosion in farm output in developing countries. With soaring food prices and  spreading food riots, what can we learn from the green revolution?]]></description>
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		<title>Diabetes epidemic expands: Blame &#8220;metabolic syndrome&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/diabetes-epidemic-expands-blame-metabolic-syndrome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1041</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before type 2 diabetes or heart disease comes "metabolic syndrome," a devil's-brew of high blood pressure, bad cholesterol, a big waist and insulin resistance.  Want to stop the slide - without drugs?]]></description>
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		<title>Fishing: The power of profit</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/fishing-the-power-of-profit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1028</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Study shows the wisdom of allowing fish stocks to recover. Production is higher, but costs are lower. What would it take to bring economic and environmental sanity to the fishing industry?]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese products: How safe?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2007/china-executes-former-drug-regulator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amid a flood of contaminated Chinese imports, we ask: what is going on? How dangerous are these foods and medicines? Is this normal, expected? Or should we be doing something more to improve safety?]]></description>
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		<title>Sick Spinach: Meet Killer E coli</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2006/sick-spinach-meet-the-killer-e-coli/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just months after contaminated spinach causes grave diarrhea, another outbreak. What is E. coli O157:H7, and why is it so dangerous? Got any bright ideas for constraining this killer bug?]]></description>
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		<title>GM Food + 10 Years: Safe to Eat?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2006/gm-food-after-10-years-is-this-stuff-safe-to-eat/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2006/gm-food-after-10-years-is-this-stuff-safe-to-eat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 22:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 100 million hectares are planted each year. What do we know about food safety? How is GM food doing amid the explosion in sales of organic foods?]]></description>
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		<title>Candy: You&#8217;ll Eat More if it&#8217;s Handy!</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2006/study-handy-candy-is-eaten-candy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You eat more candies if they are visible and/or close at hand. You may underestimate your consumption if you must lift a finger to get the food.]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Corn &amp; Soybeans: Competitive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organic farming isn't as productive as conventional, right? Maybe not. Check these results of a 22-year study of corn and soybean yields.]]></description>
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