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2 articles from Guardian Unlimited Science
Fast-food outlets on commuter routes may fuel obesity crisis
US study finds link between number of restaurants and higher BMIFast-food outlets along commuter routes could be contributing to the obesity crisis, research suggests.A study by a US academic found that a greater density of fast-food outlets on commuter routes is linked to higher body mass index (BMI) scores among those travelling along them. Continue...
Fossils of largest parrot ever recorded found in New Zealand
Giant bird estimated to have weighed about 7kg has been named Heracles inexpectatusFossils of the largest parrot ever recorded have been found in New Zealand. Estimated to have weighed about 7kg (1.1st), it would have been more than twice as heavy as the kākāpo, previously the largest known parrot.Palaeontologists have named the new species Heracles inexpectatus to reflect its unusual size and...