The end of battery farms in Britain – but not Europe

A long-awaited ban will come into force on Sunday. But shoppers will still face an ethical choice when buying eggs.. Farmers have freed more than 80 million hens from especially cruel and cramped lives in one of...

Bacon in a Bottle!

Jones soda has introduced a new flavor, bacon soda. The bacon in a bottle soda is a combined effort on the part of Jones and J.D.Foods. Both Seattle based companies are well known for taking risks with...

Free range is the way forward

By Faye Patrick: I was shocked when I heard in the news about inspectors finding out that a number of eggs in Derbyshire, England are being sold as free range when they are in fact from battery hens. Before my family and I had chickens I noticed the different prices of the...

No men Or women needed - making babies

" Human eggs and sperm have been grown in the laboratory in research which could change the face of parenthood. It paves the way for a cure for infertility and could help those left sterile by cancer treatment to...

Newest White House Residents

Ahh ... sweet spring, the time for new beginnings, renewal and hope. Meet the newest family of the White House - a red-breasted mama robin and her chicks.  She's made her home in the bushes right outside the...

Harpactea sadistica spider sex is violent but effective

Spider sex has been found to be violent, but incredibly effective, according to a group of scientists who are studying them in Israel. The Harpactea sadistica species male pierces the female's abdomen and...

Eggs Not So Rotten After All

Over the past few years, news on eggs has all been rotten. Pointing to high cholesterol levels, the egg has been placed in the “bad foods” category, only to be enjoyed on special occasions, and never more than 4...

Study further unscrambles egg-cholesterol myth

Barry Artiste Op/EdI am anxiously awaiting the next study, which States "The Homer Simpson Diet Uncovers All you can Eat Bacon Burgers Cure Baldness"!  MMM Bacon! " Study further unscrambles...

Sainsbury's goes cage free on shell eggs

From 5 February the UK supermarket giant Sainsbury's is no longer selling shell eggs from battery hens. When Compassion in World Farming awarded Sainsbury’s with a Good Egg Award in 2008 it was on the promise of...

Fertility treatments linked to certain birth defects

Many babies are created in this way.  As the number goes up, birth defects will increase... More caution must be employed to prevent this from happening."ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A new study from the Centers...

'Lonesome George' Struggles to be a Dad?

Poor 'Lonesome George' is a loveless old age--he  was now condemed to a 'Dirty Old Tortoise'-- Oh! George, Go for it and multiply... The rarest animal in the world today is a giant tortoise, which lives in...

Newyork, Sarkozy France "Fat cats" must be punished, Merkel Germany no way to...

"We must provide them with clear answers. Who is responsible for this disaster. That those responsible will be held accountable and punished and that we government leaders will assume our responsibilities."If we...

Australia to Clone Human Embryos for Stem Cell Research

Australian in-vitro fertilization firm Sydney IVF has been granted a license to clone human embryos in order to obtain embryonic stem cells.  The firm reports that it has 7,200 human eggs available towards this research, and if they are successful in extracting embryonic...

You can now have both the chicken and the egg

You no longer have to worry about what came first - the chicken or the egg... now you can have both.The naturally bred Giri Raja chicken offers many benefits to farmers.They are the best of both worlds."Now...

Woman, 61, gives birth to her own grandchild using eggs donated by her daughter

A historical moment in medical, yet it's so controversy, using an egg donated by her own daughter."A 61-year-old Japanese woman has given birth to her own grandchild using an egg donated by her daughter. The...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from