Americans are working harder on less sleep
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Steve Nichols, a middle manager at a technology company in Ohio, gets home late from work and spends most evenings sending work-related e-mails...

The Dutch are Cradle to Cradle Crazy. or: How the Town of Venlo Turns Waste into Food.
We heart a rumour that an entire town in the Netherlands had adopted McDonough and Braungart’s concept of Cradle to Cradle. Not really knowing what to expect we visited the Dutch town called Venlo in the province of Limburg.

"Eat Whale And Save The Planet" - Norwegian Lobby
Environmental group Greenpeace dismissed the survey, saying almost every kind of food was more climate friendly than meat.
The survey, focused on whale boats' fuel use, showed that a kilo (2.2 lbs) of whale meat represented just 1.9 kilo (4.2 lbs) of greenhouse gases against 15.8 for beef, 6.4 for pork and 4.6 for chicken.

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High heels 'may improve sex life'
Wearing higher heels - although perhaps not stilettos
- may improve your pelvic floor muscles and in doing
so boost your sex life, a study suggests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7225828.stm

Story of Jesus Through Iranian Eyes
A new movie in Iran depicts the life of Jesus from an
Islamic perspective.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=4297085&page=1

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Frog skin as a diabetes treatment hope
A compound isolated from the frog stimulates insulin release.
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/scienza/news/2008-03-03_103179076.html

West Got Dusty Thanks to People.
The American west's dusty portrayal in movies and literature is no exaggeration - after the first settlers arrived, dust levels in the region soared.
http://www.livescience.com/environment/080225-west-dustier.html

Parents: daily talks about sex are more effective
Repetition was good, the researchers found. "We found that kids whose sexual communication with their parents involved more repetition felt closer to their parents, better able to communicate with them in general and about sex in particular, and they perceived their discussions about sex happened more easily and with more openness in comparison to kids whose communication involved less repetition.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/03/health/webmd/main3899922.shtml