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The wasted opportunity of the election.

The second concern is that irradiation may be used to conceal bacterial contamination of spoilt food without inactivating toxins generated by the earlier bacterial contamination."0 But the same need for good hygiene applies equally to other food processes like canning and freezing. Thirdly, there could be a novel pattern of nutrient loss either from the radiation or because irradiated "fresh" f...

Wasted Food, Wasted Energy: The Embedded Energy in Food Waste in the United States

This work estimates the energy embedded in wasted food annually in the United States. We calculated the energy intensity of food production from agriculture, transportation, processing, food sales, storage, and preparation for 2007 as 8080 +/- 760 trillion BTU. In 1995 approximately 27% of edible food was wasted. Synthesizing these food loss figures with our estimate of energy consumption for d...

Opportunity or Threat to Security ?

Between February 20 and 27, 2003, under the code name ‘Schriever II’, friendly ‘blue’ forces faced ‘red’ enemy forces during 8 days of a fierce battle in outer space. More than 300 military and civilian experts from more than 30 US agencies participated in this space war that took place 14 years in the future. Schriever II was only a war game, set in the year 2017! It took place at Schriever Ai...

REPLY TO COMMENTARIES Confusion Infusions, Suggestives, Correctives, and Other Medicines

The authors suggest that it is natural and appropriate for fields to focus on particular phenomena and approaches. For affect, the focus has been on the subset of phenomena called emotion, with emphasis on facial expression, physiological responses, and appraisal. However, the authors note that there is a cost to the focus. The focus on facial expression has caused researchers to ignore those s...

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