Author: Antarctica Journal

OBESITY IN AMERICA

Doctor examining patient obesity on light background

America is now in an Obesity Epidemic with 70% of Americans overweight or obese.  This according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention state the 40% of adults and 20% of adolescents are obese.  In the US obesity is a major health issue – increased risk of certain cancers, diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke and an early mortality.  Obesity […]

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Climate risk to inflexible penguins’ chicks

Crested and rockhopper penguins are threatened by climate change – but this time the penguins could be at risk because they cannot change their own ways. Evolution has left them with a rigid parenting strategy, probably well adapted for climate conditions so far. But as temperatures rise, conditions change and food supplies become precarious, the inflexible roles of male and female […]

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Poem – “FOUR” CAST (By Ray Gallucci)

  “FOUR” CAST   The earth’s been here four billion years, But humans mere four million. How often has the atmosphere Received a “global killing?”   Have comets many seared the skies, Volcanoes oft erupted? What oceans parched till desert-dry And climates left disrupted?   How many times has planet warmed, Engorged with greenhouse gasses, While glaciers melted and reformed […]

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Bulgarians hate old people – Elders Seen As Burdens

Bulgarians hate old people

Bulgarians hate old people, said Ruslan Jordanov. I’m not kidding. In a recent survey, 58 percent of Bulgarians surveyed admitted to disliking the elderly, making them even more reviled than the Roma—quite a feat in Bulgaria. No wonder “nobody ever gets up to give them a seat on the tram.” Long ago, our society revered grandparents as fonts of wisdom. […]

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