Scientists have cited evidence that the practice of yoga may affect the human body in ways similar to antidepressants and psychotherapy.

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But in recent years, he has lobbied NASA extensively to get the agency to use him for geriatric research, helping to connect the space agency's researchers with scientists eager to see how weightlessness may affect human aging.

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But to go beyond the books and actually affect the human rights and economic development of Myanmar's "ordinary people, " corruption must be confronted head on.

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The figure would represent around one in nine people on earth, according to current population projections, but would mainly affect the world's poorest people in Africa, Asia and Latin America, according to the authors of "Human Tide: The Real Migration Crisis, " produced buy the charity Christian Aid.

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That means human-generated underwater noise has the potential to affect fish just as traffic noise affects terrestrial animals such as birds, say the researchers.

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Human actions "will" affect the global climate, is changed to "might".

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It also bars any political activities by nongovernmental organizations receiving funding from the United States, if such activities may affect Russian interests, the news agency said, and imposes sanctions against U.S. officials thought to have violated human rights.

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