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It’s a scientific fact that wine tastes different to people who are given information about the wine before they drink it. When you read the edge news at unknowncountry, you never get what you expect!

When 163 test people tasted a red wine which a wine expert Robert Parker had given 92 points out of 100 to, the ones who were told about the positive appraisal before the tasting liked it much better than a second group, who were told that the wine had only scored 72 points and was thus average.
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They don’t just warn us about disease, they’re worried about global warming too (which can lead to disease), and they’re trying to communicate this concern to us.

18 of the world’s professional medical organizations say that the recent failure to reach a UN climate agreement will lead to a “global health catastrophe” and urge physicians to “take a lead” on the climate issue.

In BBC News, Richard Black quotes an article in the medical journal the Lancet as saying, “Effects of climate change on health will put the lives and wellbeing of billions of people at increased risk.”
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Can you get a spiritual message from a red raincoat? Anne Strieber thinks she did, and she tells all about it in her new diary. Come meet Anne in person this weekend!

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for people & for the planet – It’s not over yet and won’t be until more jobs are available! But while economic turndowns are miserable for the mind, they are not necessarily bad for the body. Scientists say that a recession may also be healthy for our PLANET.

The Great Depression had a silver lining: During that hard time, US life expectancy actually increased by almost 6 years, from a little over age 57 to over age 63 in 1932. The increase occurred for both men and women, and for whites and non-whites.
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