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The GM genocide: Thousands of Indian farmers are committing suicide after usi...

This is criminal. "When Prince Charles claimed thousands of Indian farmers were killing themselves after using GM crops, he was branded a scaremonger. In fact, as this chilling dispatch reveals, it's even WORSE than he feared."

created by kate | 1 year ago
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Scientists Genetically Transplant Flower Smells

Scientists have discovered how to transplant scents from one flower to another through genetics, and also boost the smell of flowers up to 10 times, according to research published in the Plant Biotechnology...

created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Food technology driving Indian farmers towards suicide

Farmers in India are committing suicide and number is increasing every year. Among the various reasons being cited for the serial suicide deaths that continues unabated is new food technologies. They are...

created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Detecting Pollution with Living Biosensors

Microbes are our friends; genetically engineered to glow flourescently and provide cheap and fast detection of contaminants, from oil spills to food supplies. If they keep these things out of the food supply, we'll be fine; I like technology, but I don't want my organic...

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created by Erik Larson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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For the Greater Good: Bacterial Self-Sacrifice

Next time my stomach clenches in agony, I'll spare a thought for the brave, selfless bacteria that gave their own lives so their brethren could colonize my internal organs. I may even have to choke back a tear. " ...

created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Scientists plant genetically modified trees on government land

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Scientists to plant genetically modified trees on government land pending app...

I am not a huge fan of genetic modified products. I do not discount their potential, but the unknown risks give me trepidations."Scientists have applied to plant a group of genetically modified (GM) trees on land...

created by World_Groove | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Blue roses to be sold in Japan

Not sure when I'd be inclined to give a blue rose. An amicable breakup, maybe?"TOKYO (AFP) - Think that red roses are predictable? In Japan, gift-givers soon will also have the option of blue roses. The...

created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago
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Identical twins earn perfect scores on entrance exam

Doesn't twin telepathy constitute as cheating anymore?"BELLEVUE, Neb. - Here's a perfect match - genetically and academically. Identical twins Brian and Ross DeVol of Bellevue, Nebraska, earned perfect scores on...

created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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GM mice don't fear cats

"Researchers at Tokyo University managed to turn off the receptors in a mouse's brain that react to the scent of its main predator. They wanted to prove that fear is genetically programmed and not, as is commonly...

created by liamssoft | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Lab creates 'long-distance mouse'

"A genetically modified "supermouse" which can run twice as far as a normal rodent has been created by scientists working in the US. It also lives longer, and breeds later in life compared with its standard laboratory cousin. The research has been conducted at Case Western...

created by AlanEvans | 2 years ago
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Nobel-winning biologist apologizes for remarks about blacks

Yommie

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Nobel-winning biologist apologizes for remarks about blacks

Jim Watson was lying. He actually made the racist comments. I believe he is risking his reputation for silly statements. We won't wait for long before he makes another. He is reputed to have made sexist comments...

created by Yommie | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Nobel medicine laureates welcome `marvelous honor`

""It's been a marvelous honor for the people working in the lab as well as the university," 70-year-old Mario Capecchi of the United States told AFP. He shared the prize with compatriot Oliver Smithies, 82, and Britain's Martin Evans, 66, for their discoveries on how to...

created by uusjio | 2 years ago
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Nobel medicine laureates welcome `marvelous honor`

"The three winners of the 2007 Nobel Medicine Prize said Monday they were delighted to share the prestigious award for research they conducted independently of one another. "It's been a marvelous honor for the people working in the lab as well as the university," 70-year-old...

created by uusjio | 2 years ago
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Genetically modified yeast can sniff out explosives

What do you get if you cross a rat, a jellyfish and brewer's yeast? Happily, the answer is not the latest genetically modified food, but a low-cost explosives detector. Danny Dhanasekaran, a...

created by apple_lipsis | 2 years ago
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Lindsay Lohan should be creating art, not drunk in a car.

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Lindsay Lohan's Drug and Alcohol suppliers should be prosecuted.

Why not arrest and prosecute everyone involved in supplying Lindsay Lohan with Alcohol and drugs? Are these jerks that have been supplying her with alcohol for years somehow imune from prosecution? ...

created by picturedean | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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