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A leopard seal (file picture) Memory stick found in frozen seal faeces in New Zealand A slab of seal poo used for scientific research in New Zealand has led to the unlikely discovery of a USB stick full of holiday snaps. The sample, known as scat, had been stored for over a year before being thawed out Researchers analyse seal faeces to assess the health and diet of seals in New Zealand waters The fully functioning stick contained images of sea lions and a video of a mother playing with her baby The sample was submitted by a vet who had been monitoring a sickly-looking leopard seal on Oreti Beach, Invercargill, on New Zealand's South Island The device was in good condition "considering where it had come from", the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) said on its website The researchers had let it dry out for a few weeks before investigating the contents. But the discovery of the stick is a cause of concern NIWA is searching for the owner

Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence Alex Berenson Author, Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence Alex Berenson is a graduate of Yale University with degrees in history and economics. He began his career in journalism in 1994 as a business reporter for the Denver Post, joined the financial news website TheStreet.com in 1996, and worked as an investigative reporter for The New York Times from 1999 to 2010, during which time he also served two stints as an Iraq War correspondent. In 2006 he published The Faithful Spy, which won the 2007 Edgar Award for best first novel from the Mystery Writers of America. He has published ten additional novels and two nonfiction books, The Number: How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America and Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence. The following is adapted from a speech delivered on January 15, 2019, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Ki

A special order of tacos al pastor at El Huequito. (Andrea Tejeda Korkowski / For The Times) Charred eggplant taco from Tizne Tacomotora. (Andrea Tejeda Korkowski / For The Times) Preparation of an al pastor taco at El Tizoncito. (Andrea Tejeda Korkowski / For The Times) When it’s taco time in Mexico City, here’s where to go By ALONSO RUVALCABA At around 7 p.m. in Mexico City the day’s rhythm slows to a torpor. Cars are stuck in traffic and it’s pouring, rain flooding the streets as it does at twilight for most of the year. “There are so many days of rain in Mexico City, a good reason to go,” sings Julia Holter, reasonably. The moment calls for something to eat. (This is not dinner; dinner is still a couple of hours away.) It’s time for esquites, time for street pancakes, time for a quick fix at 7-Eleven or Oxxo. It’s time for tacos: It always is The options are as endless as the city. At Don Güero in Cuauhtémoc, influential food writer Pedro Reyes gets his usual: tongue, ch

A feast at Hayat's Kitchen often includes falafel, hummus and beef specialties. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Review: Homey Hayat’s Kitchen, starring Lebanese meats and sweets, goes Hollywood By BILL ADDISON Years of seeking out Lebanese restaurants across America have taught me this: When you find a good one, gather as many people as you can corral and then order as many dishes as the table can fit. The strategy holds up when dining at Hayat’s Kitchen in Hollywood Hills, the new second location of a decade-old North Hollywood institution. As the plates and bowls arrive, the scene becomes a whirling mosaic of oblong-cut meats, swirled dips, clattering spoons and reaching hands Hot and cold mezze should dominate the spread, beginning with the tahini-forward hummus; it’s served plain or covered with sauteed beef and pine nuts. A mellow smokiness winds through smooth baba ghannouj. I want to dip everything — pita, the complimentary pickles, forkfuls of grilled chicken, any

Scientists prove the usefulness of hunger Scientists at the University of California at Irvine discovered that moderate hunger changes metabolism and affects the daily rhythm, leading to improved health and reduced risk of diseases associated with aging. Hunger affects the daily rhythm of the body's internal clock, which regulates most processes of metabolism and hormone production to regulate the activity of each individual cell, the researchers report in an article in the journal Cell Reports. A study was conducted on laboratory mice that did not eat any food within 24 hours. The researchers noted that hungry mice consumed a small amount of oxygen and energy. The ratio between carbon dioxide in inhalation and inhaled oxygen decreased, and when they fed it, all these observations disappeared. The researchers also noted that hunger affects the work of genes and proteins essential to the daily rhythm. They have been shown to decrease the activity of BMAL and REV-ERBa proteins,

A severe storm hits Israel and damages Israel Israelis and Palestinians wait for snowfall in the high mountains, in the mountains of Jerusalem and the mountains of the West Bank and the mountains of Galilee, which are over 800 meters and above Israel has been battling a storm of strong winds since Wednesday afternoon, and snow is expected in the high places due to low temperatures in Galilee, the Golan and the high mountains in the center of the country and Jerusalem. Meteorology described the storm as being severe and short-lived. The strong winds created damage caused by the fall of trees that obstructed the flow of traffic in many areas in the north Meteorology predicts snowfall in the highlands, in the mountains of about 1,000 meters, and in the lowlands, at 800 meters, snow may fall, but most likely will not accumulate Storm damage in northern Israel Israeli police have issued recommendations to citizens not to leave homes except for necessity and to report street hazards

From African farms shriveled into desert to monster storms revved up by warmer air over the oceans, climate change is stoking environmental disasters around the globe and uprooting millions of people a year — adding to a refugee crisis said to be the worst since World War II. The increasingly extreme weather patterns have destroyed food and water supplies, left communities destitute, strained national and international aid resources, and fomented political instability in fragile societies in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, according to development experts. “Climate change is the force multiplier for chronic social and environmental problems,” said Tim Ash Vie of the Climate Group, an advocacy organization working to counter global warming. The hazards of global warming will be the focus of high-profile conferences, protests and other events on the margins of the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting this week in New York, echoing some o