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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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Let's prepare for our new climate
 
it's time to prepare our homes and cities for the new climate,
Demand a fair trade cell phone
 
Tantalum mining funds the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Currency of Trust
 
There's been an explosion of collaborative consumption -- web-powered sharing of cars, apartments, skills.
French GMO Study
 
French researchers secretly studied, for two years, 200 rats fed with transgenic maize.
Reframe Climate Change Debate
 
Why and how do we engage? Simran Sethi at TEDx.
Animal that Survives in Space
 
Tardigrades or "Water bears" are the only creatures that can survive the extreme conditions in the vacuum of outer space.
Shining Light in the Philippines
 
Illac Diaz pokes a plastic bottle filled with water through a specially cut hole in the roof
Street Market Economy
 
not a hidden economy, but a very visible, growing, effective one, fostering entrepreneurship and representing 1.8 billion jobs worldwide.
Chinese Days Angola
 
China bankrolling Angola with billions
Risks of Drilling in Alaska
 
America’s Inability to Respond to an Oil Spill in the Arctic
Pacific Rim Tour
 
a Pacific Rim Tour to enlighten all on the quantities and hazards of plastic pollution.
Whales Give Dolphins a Lift
 
social activity such as this is extremely rare between species.
Hyper-Wattle House
 
300 dollar house winner
Climate Change Evidence
 
how scientists have arrived at the current state of knowledge about recent climate change and its causes
Nurdle Wash Up
 
150 tons of mermaid tears.
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Mutated superbugs that could kill millions are being engineered by scientists worldwide.
Eat your Landscapes
 
What should a community do with its unused land? Plant food, of course.
We Must Act Today
 
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid opens Clean Energy Summit, 2012, with a speech on Climate Change: ‘We Must Act Today’.
Roman Gaus
 
Roman is CEO of UrbanFarmers AG, a pioneering Spin-off from the University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Wädenswil that aims to bring sustainable urban agricultural practices into cities of the 21st century.
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kids grow lush gardens for food, greenery -- and jobs
 
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