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World Food Prize goes to 3 biotech scientists

This combination of undated photos provided by The World Food Prize Foundation shows, from left: Robert T. Fraley and Mary-Dell Chilton of the United States, and Marc Van Montagu of Belgium who were named Wednesday, June 19, 2013, as winners of the 2013 World Food Prize during a ceremony in Washington. The private nonprofit foundation, which is in part funded by biotechnology companies, took the bold step Wednesday of awarding this year's prize to three pioneers of plant biotechnology whose work brought the world genetically modified crops.

The World Food Prize Foundation on Wednesday took the bold step of awarding this year's prize to three pioneers of plant biotechnology whose work brought the world genetically modified crops.

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Reader photos: Me and my dad

This Father's Day readers shared their favorite photos of them and their dad.

2013 Creative Writing Contest winners

Read the winning entries for the 2013 UAA / ADN Creative Writing Contest.

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LIVING

Scarlet shorebird serves as harbinger of climate change between the poles

In years past, tens of thousands of red knots crowded the sandy beaches of Mispillion Harbor in Delaware Bay, gorging on fresh horseshoe crab eggs spawned in such abundance they turned the shoreline a gelatinous green. Smaller than a gull but larger than a robin, the shorebirds have one of the longest...
HEALTH

Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs

If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude.
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HEALTH

Study finds sharp drop in HPV infections in girls

The prevalence of dangerous strains of the human papillomavirus -- the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States and a principal cause of cervical cancer -- has dropped by half among teenage girls in the last decade, a striking measure of success for a vaccine that was introduced...

RSVP - SOCIAL SCENE PHOTOS

RSVP: June 2013
READERS' WILDLIFE PHOTOS

Reader photos: 2013 moose sightings

Readers share their photos of moose encounters around Alaska.
HEALTH

Obama commits to tough push on global warming

President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more - and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in Berlin.
RELIGION

Spiritual-care course trains chaplains, others for the next disaster

The three mass-casualty disasters in the Northeast this past year - Sandy, Newtown and Boston - brought attention and the nation's sympathies not only to the victims but also to the many people who came to their aid: particularly police, fire and medical first-responders.
GARDENING

On Gardening: Persian Shield and Cuban Gold Duranta offer a dazzling combination

The Persian Shield has always been one of my favorite foliage plants with its almost psychedelic purple. Despite the fact I fancy myself has a real plant combination guru, it was someone else's garden that taught me an incredible new partnership.
TRAVEL

Exploring the bird paradise of the Farallons

The Salty Lady pitched and rolled, reared up to unsettling verticality and slammed down with a percussive thud. Again and again, literally ad nauseam, the boat was tossed by 30-knot winds and the rhythmic swelling of the waves, the Pacific anything but on this day.
TRAVEL

Top 10 campgrounds in the Sierra

Summer is camping season. So grab the tent and sleeping bag, pack the car and head out.