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Human beings are demanding more of the Earth than it cancope with, according to new research?and we?ve had 50% moreimpact on it in just the last 40 years. One of theresearchers, Mathis Wackernagel of Oakland, California,claims that by 1961, we were using 70% of the capacity ofthe global biosphere. By 1999, that had risen to 120% of theEarth’s productive capacity. In other words, we were using upresources faster than they could be replaced. The researchteam believes that ?human activities have exceeded thebiosphere?s capacity since the 1980s.?
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All those guys with huge beer bellies who are downing bottleafter bottle of brew only seem unhealthy?they?re actuallyprotecting themselves against heart attacks.

Doctors think that folic acid, which is found in beer, helpsprevent heart disease. At the Institute of Food Research inthe U.K., men are being asked to drink 2 pints of beer aday. Dr. Paul Finglas says people suffering from heartdisease generally have high levels of a chemical calledhomocysteine, which has been linked to blocked arteries andheart disease. A high intake of folic acid is associatedwith low homocysteine levels, so scientists want toinvestigate it as a way of reducing heart attacks in men.
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Geologists at Southern Methodist University say they havefound evidence of Strange Quark Nuggets (SQNs), which arevery tiny superdense balls of matter that were formed duringthe Big Bang and still exist in the universe. The proof thatSQNs exist is two earthquakes that were caused when theypassed through the Earth.

Strange Quark Nuggets were once just a theory. In 1984, EdWitten, of the Institute of Advanced Study at PrincetonUniversity, said a new kind of matter might have been formedin the first few moments after the Big Bang. It would bemade up of quarks, the particles that make up normal matter,but put together in unusual ways.
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It?s known that Osama bin-Laden has a serious case of kidneydisease and has had dialysis machines shipped to his varioushideouts. Now in his article ?Dust Bin? in the June 29, 2002issue of the English magazine ?The Spectator,? Mark Steyn, aBrit living in New Hampshire, says Osama is dead but it?sbetter for both sides to pretend he?s alive.

Pakistan television regularly releases videos of bin-Laden,but none of them have any information that gives a clueabout the date they were taken. Al-Qaeda officials makeannouncements, like the one by Suleiman Abu Ghaith, whosaid, ??Sheikh Osama bin Laden …is in good and prosperoushealth and all what is being rumored about his illness andinjury in Tora Bora has no truth.?
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