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Eggs' Shape May Have Helped Birds Outlive Dinosaurs

Study suggests differences played a role

(Newser) - So why did birds survive the mass extinction that wiped out their dinosaur relatives? A new study suggests that the shape of their eggs played a role, reports the BBC . Scientists aren't sure exactly what that role was, but they do know that eggs of survivor birds were shaped...

Deep-Sea Octopus Guards Eggs for Years—Sans Food

4.5 years is the longest known brooding or gestation period of any animal

(Newser) - Talk about endurance. Elephants endure 20-month gestation periods, and some deep-sea sharks carry their embryos for even longer than that, but the deep-sea octopus takes the cake. Scientists say they've observed one in California guarding her eggs for 4.5 years, the longest known brooding or gestation period of...

Beef: Meat Industry&#39;s Worst Eco-Offender
Beef: Meat Industry's
Worst Eco-Offender
STUDY SAYS
Jul 22, 2014 9:37 AM CDT

Beef: Meat Industry's Worst Eco-Offender

Raising cattle takes up 160 times as much land as plants, study finds

(Newser) - Think drive-thru cheeseburgers are cheap? Think again. What may be light on the wallet is heavy on the planet, according to a new study on the environmental costs per calorie of beef, pork, poultry, dairy, and eggs—which, combined, make up 96% of the calories Americans get via animal sources....

How You're Cooking Your Eggs Wrong

Turn down that heat: Michael Ruhlman

(Newser) - Scrambling some eggs for breakfast? Be warned: They're "one of the most overcooked dishes in America," food writer Michael Ruhlman tells NPR . "We kill our eggs with heat." What we should really be doing, he says, is cooking them "very slowly over very gentle...

Shut Up and Eat That Raw Cookie Dough

LV Anderson explains why it probably won't give you salmonella

(Newser) - Despite oft-heard and dire warnings from your mother about why you shouldn't eat raw cookie dough, admit it—you eat it anyway, and you've probably never gotten salmonella poisoning. In Slate , LV Anderson explains why. By her own estimation she's probably consumed 360 raw eggs over the...

Eat These 7 &#39;Unhealthy&#39; Foods
 Eat These 7 
 'Unhealthy' Foods 
OPINION
Jul 5, 2013 11:40 AM CDT

Eat These 7 'Unhealthy' Foods

They can actually be good for you: Katherine Tallmadge

(Newser) - If you religiously stay away from eggs (cholesterol!), wheat (gluten!), potatoes (carbs!), and the like, dietitian and author Katherine Tallmadge has good news for you. On LiveScience , she outlines seven foods typically seen as "bad" that, in her opinion, you should actually be eating:
  • Eggs: Consider
...

Simon Cowell Egged on Live TV

Former Britain's Got Talent contestant takes her revenge on season finale

(Newser) - A woman on Britain's Got Talent has done what so many failed reality show contestants have long dreamed about: egging Simon Cowell live on camera, reports EW . During the show's finale today, a viola player playing as part of a backing orchestra for one of the finalists jumped...

How Eggs and Your Gut Can Give You a Heart Attack
How Eggs and Your Gut
Can Give You a Heart Attack
new study
Apr 25, 2013 7:51 AM CDT

How Eggs and Your Gut Can Give You a Heart Attack

Scientists: lecithin found in yolks interacts dangerously with intestinal bacteria

(Newser) - Eggs could be hazardous to your heart health, and not just for cholesterol-related reasons. A group of researchers has discovered that a compound called lecithin interacts with our gut bacteria to produce a chemical called TMAO, which is associated with increased heart disease and stroke risk—and egg yolks happen...

Fairy Wrens' Key to Survival: Musical 'Password'

It helps them weed out cuckoo imposters

(Newser) - A contender for favorite new bird: the fairy wren. It has developed an ingenious trick for weeding out imposters from the nest, reports Discover (via Kottke.org ). After laying her eggs, mom sings them a special song over and over with a note "that acts like a familial...

Lab-Made Eggs Produce Healthy Mice

Points way to human infertility treatments

(Newser) - A year back, scientists in Japan produced healthy mice from lab-created sperm ; now, they've done the same with lab-made eggs. The project has big implications for humans, potentially paving the way for infertile men and women to have their own offspring. "This is quite a startling feat,"...

Mexico Running Low on Eggs
 Mexico Running 
 Low on Eggs 
Sep 7, 2012 5:55 PM CDT

Mexico Running Low on Eggs

Avian flu outbreak dents a national staple

(Newser) - Mexico is running seriously short of eggs. After an avian flu outbreak in June killed millions chickens and the price of feed soared, the nation's residents are now facing what the Washington Post calls the "Great Mexican Egg Crisis." Consider that Mexicans consume an average of 350...

Eating Eggs Almost as Bad as Smoking

 Eating Eggs 
 Almost as Bad 
 as Smoking 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 19, 2012 2:45 PM CDT

Eating Eggs Almost as Bad as Smoking

Yolks speed plaque buildup

(Newser) - Seems like we were just hearing how nutritious eggs are; now, they're bad for us again. Or so says one new study, that found that eating yolks on a regular basis is almost as bad as smoking. It found that consuming yolks speeds up the buildup of plaque in...

Burger King to Go Cage-Free
 Burger King to Go Cage-Free 
Apr 25, 2012 8:29 AM CDT

Burger King to Go Cage-Free

By 2017, all eggs, pork will come from cage-free animals

(Newser) - If you typically start your day with a Croissan'wich, go ahead and pat yourself on the back: You'll soon be supporting cage-free farming. Burger King made major fast-food news this morning with the announcement that it will exclusively use eggs and pork from cage-free chickens and pigs by...

Chechnya Claims to Have Found Giant Dinosaur Eggs

Scientists elsewhere skeptical

(Newser) - Scientists in Chechnya are claiming to have stumbled upon the biggest dinosaur eggs ever found—but their colleagues elsewhere are more than a little skeptical. A geologist at the volatile Russian republic's state university says that after a highway crew blasted through a hillside, geologists found some 40 huge...

Organic Egg Farm Accused of Factory Farm Conditions

Petaluma Egg Farm is a top producer for Organic Valley label

(Newser) - Organic eggs: The phrase brings to mind chickens roaming in a pasture, foraging for food, and scratching the ground. But at California's Petaluma Egg Farm, which provides eggs under the Organic Valley label, hens are confined to screened porches with a roof and a floor. Technically, the eggs meet...

USDA: Eggs Actually Aren't Cholesterol Bombs

Oh, and they're high in vitamin D, too

(Newser) - The USDA backtracked yesterday on that whole "eggs can be bad for you" thing: Turns out eggs are actually lower in cholesterol and higher in vitamin D than previously thought. Specifically, 14% lower in cholesterol and 64% higher in vitamin D, the department announced in a press release . One...

Dioxin Scare Shuts German Farms
Dioxin Scare
Shuts German Farms
Jan 7, 2011 3:04 AM CST

Dioxin Scare Shuts German Farms

Contaminated egg products exported

(Newser) - Nearly 5,000 farms in Germany have been forced to close after the carcinogen dioxin was found in large amounts of pig and chicken feed. Thousands of hens were culled after a feed manufacturer was found to have used contaminated fats, the BBC reports. Officials are now scrambling to trace...

Egg Farm's Salmonella Dated to '08

Wright County Egg tested positive 73 times in 2 years

(Newser) - You know that massive salmonella problem that led to the recall of hundreds of millions of eggs ? Turns out Wright County Egg has known about it since 2008. Their barns tested positive for salmonella 73 times over the two-year period leading up to the recall, congressional investigators say. The...

FDA Finds Maggots, Manure, Rodents in Hen Houses
FDA Finds Maggots, Manure, Rodents in Hen Houses
SALMONELLA EGGS
Aug 31, 2010 4:20 AM CDT

FDA Finds Maggots, Manure, Rodents in Hen Houses

Iowa egg farms suspected in salmonella outbreak

(Newser) - You might want to skip the omelet for breakfast this morning: Federal inspectors recently found live mice, pigeons, and eight-foot piles of manure inside the hen houses of two massive Iowa egg farms suspected of causing a nationwide outbreak of salmonella . At one of the farms they also found "...

Scandals, Cruelty, Violations at Farm Behind Egg Recall

Recall expands to 380 million eggs

(Newser) - Looking for a villain in the massive egg recall announced Wednesday? Then meet Jack DeCoster, head of Wright County Eggs. The farm provided salmonella-tainted eggs to 15 of the 25 restaurants where people have gotten sick, and has, under DeCoster’s leadership, been involved in loads of scandals and health...

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