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What comes first…the chicken, the egg, or the bad attitude?

...lude exploration of links between hen reproductive attitude and broiler quality. Their work will contribute to the production of high-quality broilers and to the growing research focus on development of high-quality, value-added poultry products. ...

Proposal would allow wild animals to roam North America

...in 1995. "There are going to have to be some major attitude shifts. That includes realizing predation is a natural role, and that people are going to have to take precautions." He said that using large tracts of private land are probably the most promising places to start, with each step carefully guided by ...

Hooked on fishing, and we're heading for the bottom, says scientist

...isheries is less about scientific proof than about attitude and political will. And, he says, the world's fish need a dynamic, high-profile political champion like a Bono or Mandela to give finned creatures the public profile of cute and furry ones. "It's time for leadership on global fisheries issues. It'...

Hopkins scientists show hallucinogen in mushrooms creates universal 'mystical' experience

...apparently prompt positive changes in behavior and attitude that last several months, at least. The agent, a plant alkaloid called psilocybin, mimics the effect of serotonin on brain receptors-as do some other hallucinogens-but precisely where in the brain and in what manner are unknown. An account of th...

Trotting with emus to walk with dinosaurs

...y to work with. Ostriches are two-toed and have an attitude problem, so that ruled them out, says Breithaupt. Rheas have three toes, but are "like working with a bunch of kindergarteners on too much sugar," he said. That left emus, which are perfect: three toes, the right size, and relatively easy to work...

Did 'ABCs' cause Uganda's fall in HIV rates?

...y Murphy and Greene, "a 'this could not work here' attitude did not deter Uganda from moving forward to implement its wide-ranging HIV prevention program and adding gender-related elements when it became clear that this strategy was necessary." In Uganda, they say, policies to advance women's status were par...

Risk of stroke doubles if diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes

...undertreating stroke risks because of a prevailing attitude among physicians and patients that the cardiovascular complications of diabetes occur long after diagnosis rather than in the first five years. “We hope our findings will help to dispel the notion that the risk of stroke occurs only in the long te...

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