Does this replace mom's chicken soup?

Just eat a burger--or maybe not. See this story in yesterday's food section.

Water scarcity is another thing...

...to face India, along with the increasing pressure toward modernization and capitalization of industry. People do want a "standard of living" that is above subsistence, and for the first time this may be available--at a cost.

Read the story.

See the slide show.

A world without pandas...

... if this fellow would have his way. Read the article. What are your feelings?

The most important person of the 20th century...

... according to many, was Norman Borlaug.

Who? TAMU professor and Nobel prize winner Norman Borlaug pioneered the strains of staple crops that now feed literally billions of persons in the poorest regions of the world. He may have saved more lives than were lost in the world wars.

Here is Eric Berger's tribute. He includes some additional links.