USDA's National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is voting on whether nanotechnology should be banned from use in Organic products. Thanks to your overwhelming outcry

The Justice Department is investigating whether Monsanto Co. violated antitrust rules in trying to expand its dominance of the market for genetically engineered crops.

The FDA has now decided that it sees no safety problems with eating milk and meat from cloned animals. This means that milk and meat from cloned animals can be appear in supermarkets, without any labeling

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Stem cells have been discovered in amniotic fluid, the liquid that surrounds a fetus during pregnancy, scientists announced. The cells appear to rival embryonic cells in their ability to give rise to all of the major tissue types present in the huma

''Today we stand in league with developed nations in every sphere, including nuclear and space technologies, and in this advanced age is it necessary for us to indulge in animal killing in the name of science?'' he asked

There is no evidence organic food is better for you than conventional food, minister David Miliband has said. The environment secretary said organic food was more of a "lifestyle choice that people can make".

Geologists have uncovered evidence in the oil fields of Oman that explains how Earth could suddenly have changed 540 million years ago to favor the evolution of the single-celled life forms to the multicellular forms we know today.

(AP) NEW YORK Macy's has pulled from its shelves and its Web site two styles of Sean John hooded jackets, originally advertised as featuring faux fur, after an investigation by the nation's largest animal protection organization concluded

How useful are the 'necessary' animal experiments, really?