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Greenpeace-Backed Block Of "Golden Rice" In Philippines Will Cost Lives, Scientists Suggest
IFLScience· 24 hours agoAfter years of campaigning by Greenpeace, a court in the Philippines has revoked the permit to grow...
Sea urchins made to order: Scripps scientists make transgenic breakthrough
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoPostdoctoral researcher Elliot Jackson works with sea urchin eggs in a lab at Scripps. (Sandy...
Scientists develop mutant rice capable of resisting common crop disease — here's why it's so...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoFor example, one study found that a widely available parasite treatment could be used to create more...
GMO mosquitoes released in Djibouti to fight malaria
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPeople are really waiting to see how these friendly mosquitoes will help us win the fight,” Saada Ismael, a malaria survivor who took part in the...
'Stop growing boring vegetables, try heirloom seeds'
BBC via AOL· 4 days agoHeirloom seeds are considered to be at least 50 years old and are non genetically modified organisms. Ms Hutchings and Ms Cotterill, who are based in...
The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAn invasive yellow-legged wasp has been decimating beehives in Europe — and bedeviling Georgia since...
Ice Cream Brands Made With The Highest And Lowest Quality Ingredients
Daily Meal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt also uses bio-engineered food products, which is code for genetically modified organisms (GMOs)....
John Stossel: Scaremongers
New Hampshire Union Leader· 5 days agoBeekeepers opened hives and found their bees gone. Scientists called it “colony collapse disorder.” “We’re not in any way facing an apocalypse,” says...
Wheat gene discovery might lead to higher yields and climate change resilience
Cosmos· 3 days agoThe gene is called Photoperiod-1 (Ppd-1) and it is used regularly by breeders to ensure wheat crops flower and set grain earlier in the season, avoiding the harsh conditions of summer. “Photoperiod ...
A Fungus Converts Cellulose Directly Into A Novel Platform Chemical
ChemicalOnline· 6 days agoUsing the natural abilities of the non-genetically modified fungus, a research team from Jena has discovered a method for the efficient conversion of cellulose into a form ...