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In Pig Cognition Studies, Reflections on Parallels With Humans
Science & Tech  (tags: pigs, intelligence, feelings, mirrors, awareness, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, death, ethics, killing, slaughter, concept, research, science )

Rebecca
- 21 days ago - nytimes.com
Yet another study demonstrating how smart and aware pigs are, yet we still treat them like commodities with no feelings or intelligence. How the hell do humans justify this dichotomy??
New EU Funds for Non-Animal Testing
Science & Tech  (tags: animal testing, cosmetics, EU, Europe, alternatives, ethics, GoodNews, government, politics, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, cruelty, death, dogs, cats, killed, law, society, world, research, science, NewTechnology, medicine, business )

Rebecca
- 39 days ago - universityworldnews.com
A substantial fund of EUR50 million (US$74 million) is being offered to European research teams to develop alternatives to animal testing for cosmetics and related industries. Seems the EU is once again way ahead of the US in humane practices! Wise up US!
First Deaths in Sweden From Vacccinations Against H1N1
Science & Tech  (tags: H1N1 vaccinations, health, bioweapons )

Feisty
- 40 days ago - theflucase.com
Aftonbladet reveals that two Swedes have died from the Pandremix "swine flu" shot. Over 200 official cases of severe "side effects" from the "swine flu" mass vaccination that is taking place in Sweden were reported earlier this week after nurses...
Ancient Bison Genetic Treasure Trove For Farmers
Science & Tech  (tags: Ancient Bisons )

Ingrid
- 40 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Genetic information from an extinct species of bison preserved in permafrost for thousands of years could help improve modern agricultural livestock and breeding programs, according to University of Adelaide researchers.
German Soldiers to Receive Different Swine Flu Vaccine Than German People
Science & Tech  (tags: H1N1, health, disease, inoculations, ethics, something wrong )

Feisty
- 40 days ago - fightbackh1n1.com
The more compatible vaccine for the soldiers will not contain any contended additives nor will it contain any mercury preservatives, as reported by the Bielefelder "Westfalen-Blatt" under reference to military sources. It is called Celvapan - by BAXTER.
Diverting Sediment-Rich Water Below New Orleans Could Lead to Extensive New Land
Science & Tech  (tags: New Land! )

Ingrid
- 40 days ago - nsf.gov
Diverting sediment-rich water from the Mississippi River below New Orleans could generate new land in the river's delta in the next century.
SUNY Students Discover Rare Seal Bones
Science & Tech  (tags: Science, students, discovery, habor seal, ancient, investigation, science, study, archaeology )

Dee
- 76 days ago - wten.com
ALBANY -- The bones are no bigger than the size of a person's hand, but scientists say they are a big and significant discovery.
Colony Collapse Disorder - Research Into Causes of Colony Collapse Disorder
Science & Tech  (tags: colony collapse disorder, honeybees, science, research, discovery, viruses, varroa, proteins, ribosomes )

Judy
- 98 days ago - thedailygreen.com
How viruses and parasites interact to sap a colony of its ability to produce basic proteins needed for life.Lots of things start to make sense now, now that somebody has figured out at least some of the problem"
After 150m Years as a Fossil, Belemnotheutis Antiquus Takes Up Its Pen
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 104 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
The fossil record has been rewritten -- in 150-million-year-old squid ink. The discovery of the perfectly preserved ink sac of a the inch-long cephalopod, a type of squid, has astonished palaeontologists.
400-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered in Stockholm Archipelago
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 117 days ago - theepochtimes.com
The ship seems to be a sister to "The Ghost Wreck," found in 2007 in the middle of the Baltic Sea, East of Gotska Sandön, a tiny island outside east coast of Sweden. After doing research the scientists stated that the Ghost Wreck was a Dutch trading ship
 
 
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