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  • July 2008

    • Gene Raises AIDS Risk in Africa

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 16, 08 10:14 PM CDT

      Gene Raises AIDS Risk in Africa

      (Newser) - A gene extremely common among Africans but almost unknown other ethnic groups may be rendering people of sub-Saharan Africa more susceptible to HIV and AIDS, the Times of London reports. The gene variant—common because it provides malaria protection—makes carriers 40% more likely to contract HIV and could be responsible for 11%, or 2.5 million, of the AIDS cases in Africa, the continent hardest hit by the disease. More »

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      United Nations  • Africa  • AIDS  • HIV  • malaria  • University College London  • AIDS epidemic

  • June 2008

    • Architects Vie for Best Wobble

      Building Design  |  Jun 7, 08 5:28 AM CDT

      Architects Vie for Best Wobble

      (Newser) - Don’t accuse them of playing with their food; the finalists in the 2008 London Festival of Architecture’s Jelly Design Contest aren’t fooling around. Using what Americans would call gelatin, “a vast range of architectural motifs and techniques have been used to spectacular effect,” an event organizer tells Building Design. Entries will be evaluated on aesthetics, innovation and “wobble factor.” More »

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      food  • England  • architecture  • design  • sculpture  • University College London

  • February 2008

    • China May Drop 1-Baby Law

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 29, 08 7:32 AM CST

      China May Drop 1-Baby Law

      (Newser) - China, faced with an aging population and too few women, may end its controversial one- child-per-family policy. The law that allowed urban couples only one child and rural families two is credited with preventing 400 million births over three decades. But cultural preferences for males has also created a troubling gender imbalance as millions of female fetuses have been aborted, reports the Guardian. More »

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      China  • birth rate  • one child policy  • fines  • University College London  • population control

  • January 2008

    • Study Shows Your Office Job Could Kill You

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jan 23, 08 3:09 PM CST

      Study Shows Your Office Job Could Kill You

      (Newser) - Researchers at University College London have found that stressful working conditions interfere with the body's ability to deal with high-pressure situations, the Daily Telegraph reports. Company cogs under 50 with high workloads and little control over their situations had a 68% greater chance of succumbing to heart disease than more-relaxed counterparts, according to a study of 10,000 British civil servants. More »

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      heart disease  • stress  • heart health  • University College London  • office workers

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