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Happiness Goes Viral

December 18, 2010
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First pubished in 2009 YouTube, bad gifts, and the plague all have something in common: they spread radially within interconnected groups of people. Now you can add happiness to that list.A new study shows that happiness is more than an individual experience, it’s a collective phenomenon. Happiness disperses within three degrees of social separation. In other [...]

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food issues are finally on the political table in LA and around the nation

February 19, 2010

The recession has exposed a weak link in the U.S. economy that’s rather surprising: our food system. As the unemployment rate rises, so does the number of people who face chronic hunger. Currently, 15% of the population is struggling to get enough to eat. Simultaneously, over 34% of Americans are obese, and weight-related medical bills [...]

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nip obesity in the bud

May 9, 2008

With one-third of American adults estimated to be obese, dieting has become a national obsession. Although weight is partially determined by genetics, habits formed in childhood may hold the key to future health.New research is shattering the popular notion that to lose weight you must lose fat cells. Ten percent of your fat cells die [...]

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get serious about sustainability

April 16, 2008
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The Industrial Revolution marked the birth of a new era in human history, an economic and social transformation driven by technology, manufacturing, and transportation. It sparked an age of innovation and invention and challenged the limits of human imagination. But at the same time, our young industrial society made reckless, self-serving choices without regard to [...]

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