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Glowing Plants: Awesome Kickstarter or Creepy Biotech?
Science & Tech  (tags: glowing plants, biotechnology, synbio, mutations, home projects, research, science )

Nancy
- 5 days ago - motherjones.com
Hoping to give new meaning to the term "natural light," a small group of biotechnology hobbyists and entrepreneurs has started a project to develop plants that glow, potentially leading the way for trees that can replace electric street lamps and potted
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Latest Research - Scientists Discover Correlation Between GMOs and Leukemia
Health & Wellness  (tags: GMOs, leukemia, science )

Elderberr
- 6 days ago - naturalnews.com
, new research has discovered GMOs are linked with leukemia and anemia. The study found that Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) used in bioengineered seeds
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Librarian Blogs 'Long, Unexaggerated, Devastating' Cuts to Canadian Science
Science & Tech  (tags: science, scientists, research, muzzling, Canada, Harper, environment, politics, Oliver, Kent, energy )

Michael
- 6 days ago - thetyee.ca
Three weeks ago, York University librarian John Dupuis posted a story in his personal blog, which aimed to show what he called the Conservative government's "campaign to undermine evidence-based scientific, environmental and technical decision-making."
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NASA Says: "Clouds Behaving Strangely"
Science & Tech  (tags: sunspots, clouds, nasa, science, scientists, study, space, investigation, environment, concept, astronomy, ancient, humans, interesting, Gizmos, discovery, climate, news, research, design, technology, computer, history, habitat )

Roxy
- 9 days ago - thedailysheeple.com
The clouds, which are the highest in altitude of all the clouds are normally very faint, often too faint to be seen with the naked eye, but they become visible when illuminated by sunlight shining up from below the horizon. Their appearance earlier in the
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Hospitals Say "No" to Meat Raised With Antibiotics
Health & Wellness  (tags: diet, death, disease, ethics, healthcare, food, health, humans, illness, interesting, medicine, nutrition, prevention, protection, risks, safety, science, society, treatment, warning )

JL
- 9 days ago - civileats.com
Under the guidance of physicians and foodservice staff alike, UCSF's Academic Senate unanimously approved a resolution to phase out the procurement of meat raised with non-therapeutic antibiotics and urged all ten University of California campuses to do
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State Agency Taking Steps to Make Sure Polluters Pay
Business  (tags: corruption, ethics, economy, government, GoodNews, military, usa, climate, ecosystems, destruction, environment, healthconditions, humans, nature, protection, science, research, goodnews )

JL
- 9 days ago - california2.sierraclub.org
The California state agency responsible for cleaning up contaminated sites, ranging from former military bases to mom-and-pop dry cleaners, has recently disclosed that it failed to collect cleanup costs from polluters resulting in taxpayers footing the b
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4% of Global Warming Due to Dams, Says New Research
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, globalwarming, greenhousegases, politics, pollution, protection, Sustainabililty, water, world, science, nature, research, energy, dis )

JL
- 9 days ago - internationalrivers.org
Large dams may be one of the single most important contributors to global warming, releasing 104 million metric tonnes of methane each year.This estimate was recently published in a peer-reviewed journal by Ivan Lima and colleagues from Brazil's National
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Ancient Mars Rover Opportunity Makes a Watery Discovery
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, Mars, water, nasa, research, space, science, technology, discovery, Opportunity )

Michael
- 10 days ago - cbc.ca
After almost 10 years of roaming the red planet, the Opportunity rover has made a new discovery that offers scientists more clues about Mars's watery history.
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One Meteorologist's Come-to-Jesus Moment on Climate Change
Environment  (tags: climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, energy, environment, french, globalwarming, greenhousegases, habitatdestruction, politics, pollution, science, stae-owned, weather, world )

Kit
- 11 days ago - motherjones.com
Like many TV weathermen, Stu Ostro didn't believe in climate change--until extreme weather and scientific evidence changed his mind.
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Oldest Primate Fossil Reveals Tiny 'Cousin' of Human Ancestor
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, paleontology, primates, fossils, research, science, scientists )

Michael
- 12 days ago - cbc.ca
New fossil evidence of the earliest complete skeleton of an ancient primate suggests it was a hyperactive, wide-eyed creature so small you could hold a couple of them in your hand -- if only they would stay still long enough.
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Wooly Mammoth Found In Siberia Still Has Liquid Blood In It -- Frozen Mammoth Discovery Reopens Debate Over Cloning Read More at
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, discovery, frozen wooly mammoth, arctic, biology, Siberia )

Beatrice
- 12 days ago - planetsave.com
A frozen woolly mammoth carcass was recently discovered in Siberia which -- amazingly -- still contains liquid blood in it. The mammoth is estimated to be about 10,000 years old, and was discovered in the remote New Siberian Islands, in the Read more
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PEBBLY ROCKS Testify to Ancient, FLOWING STREAM on MARS
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, Mars, discovery, interesting, investigation, science, space )

Frans
- 12 days ago - popularmechanics.co.za
Detailed analysis and review have borne out researchers' initial interpretation of pebble-containing slabs that Nasa's Mars rover Curiosity investigated last year: They are part of an ancient streambed.
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Birds Migrating at Wrong Time for Warmer Climate
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, research, science, scientists, climate, climate change, global warming, birds, migration, environment, study )

Michael
- 13 days ago - cbc.ca
Some songbirds can't alter their migration schedule to take into account earlier, warmer springs as a result of climate change, and that could be deadly, Canadian researchers say.
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Should Dolphin-Assisted Childbirth Be Legal?
Offbeat  (tags: dolphin-assisted, childbirth, dolphins, dangerous, invasion, risks, safety, women, babies, science, society )

BarbKnigh
- 14 days ago - takepart.com
A North Carolina couple's decision to fly to Hawaii so they can experience a "dolphin-assisted birth" has made worldwide headlines and earned them almost universal scorn by scientists, the press, and the public. It's a bad idea for the dolphins, most peop
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