February 2015

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The impact of supermarkets on children’s diets

The siting of full – service supermarkets within neighborhoods considered to be “food deserts” may not result in healthful dietary habits or reductions in childhood obesity as hoped for, at least in the short term according to a new study by NYU School of Medicine researchers in the February 26th online edition of the journal Public Health Nutrition.…

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The London Olympic Legacy: Comparing Bold Claims to Reality

The field of architecture has tended to remember the spaces of contemporary Olympic games in terms of individual canonical buildings, such as Frei Otto and Gunter Behnisch’s stadium for the Munich 1972 games or the spectacular Birds’ Nest stadium by Herzog and de Meuron for 2008’s Beijing Games.…

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Asian songbird migrants in trouble | BirdLife

Asian songbird migrants in trouble | BirdLife. Migratory songbirds in East Asia are in trouble, according to new research. The study calls for national action and international cooperation to deal with threats, as well as more monitoring and research to help understand and protect this unique migration system.…

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Cultivating Urban Agriculture in the USA

Local food was once considered the purview of consumers and small-scale producers. Recently, policymakers, including those in cities, began embracing local food systems as a solution to a myriad of urban problems, including a lack of green space and access to healthy foods. As part of this shift, cities and other jurisdictions have embraced agricultural production in the urban environment

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The Origin of Parasites

This Feburary Parasitology published an Open Access Supplement entitled The Evolution of Parasite Genomes and the Origins of Parasitism.  The guest-editor Dr Andrew Jackson from the Department of Infection Biology at the University of Liverpool, discusses the special issue below.…

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Debate: The ANC in Exile

Several recent publications have explored the ANC’s external links during South Africa’s apartheid years. Four review texts published as a Debate in the February 2015 issue of Africa offer an insight into attempts to understand this aspect of the ANC’s struggle.…

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