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Up in the mountains of Bhutan a mysterious grub-turned-mushroom is fueling a high-altitude rush for richness. Worth up to $80,000 per kilo, scientists believe it may be the miracle cure to change medicine.

Called cordyceps, "it's a fungus that kills insects in a horrible way", explains biologist Dr Hywel-Jones. Although not a friend to insects, many scientists are convinced that for humans it is a super antioxidant, a powerful antibiotic, energy booster, heart-helper, lung-improver and sex sustainer. Across Bhutan, thousands are making the arduous journey to the mountains in a quest to strike it rich.The scramble for the fungus has also spawned a fierce illegal trade and violent clashes in Tibet; something Bhutan is desperate to avoid."There's no reason why a small country like Bhutan cannot be a high-tech pharmaceutical industry...who knows what it could be giving to mankind in the future."

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August 2011  28 minutes

 

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Did Climate Change Shape Human Evolution?
 
scientists are studying how changes in climate may have influenced early human evolution in Africa.
Yosemite Range of Light
 
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A Battery
 
inexpensive, incredibly efficient, three-layered battery using liquid metal
Iceland Reevaluates Mortgages
 
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The Wild Dolphin Project
 
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Dolphins and Mirrors
 
researchers at the Baltimore Aquarium discover amazing new data about dolphins and self-recognition with mirrors.
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Not Green! And all that plastic and time!
Wood Burning El Camino
 
A Finnish politician has converted his American-built El Camino to run on woodgas.
Northern Lights
 
In The Land Of The Northern Lights timelapse by Ole C. Salomonsen
Baboons Spot Words
 
Baboons Can Learn to Spot Printed Words
How to buy happiness
 
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Brian Greene
 
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Metal molds in sand. How are ancestors used to do it.
Steve Case talks about
 
AOL co-founder Steve Case believes that a generational shift away from ownership and toward community sharing is taking place.
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The other inconvenient truth
 
agriculture has become the largest driver of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental destruction.
How can technology transform the human body?
 
ways to merge biology and technology in our own bodies.
 
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