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-- if pain and depression were completely alleviated, would that diminish Art? And Social Activism? Would that matter to us, if we were all happy?-- if pain and depression were completely alleviated, would that diminish Art? And... more
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Check it out....awesome site for people interested in food politics.
"We consider ourselves co-producers, not consumers, because by being informed about how our food is produced and actively supporting those who produce it, we become a part of and a partner in the production process."Check it out....awesome site for people interested in food politics.
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A pretty good summery (although it's really just a sample of information) of what is going on in our food supply. Big Agribusiness, the EPA and the FDA are doing a pretty good job of making sure the public doesn't get to this kind of info. Andrew Kimbrell (who appears in the film "The Future of Food" ) and Dr. Vandana Shiva are great people to google if you want more info. Just wanted to share what I know. Please inform yourself on the topic if you are interested. A pretty good summery (although it's really just a sample of information) of what... more
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Scientists at the University of Nevada say they've figured out how make a human-sheep chimera. That's a sheep with 85 per cent animal cells and 15 per cent human cells.
It's done by an elegant process of sucking stem cells out from a person's bone marrow and injecting them into the unripe belly of a sheep fetus. The apparent point is to one day let animals rather courteously grow our organs for human transplant.
Here's the deal — the only place where human bone marrow and sheep fetuses should be mixed together is the grinder in a hotdog factory. And sheepmen? Really? We'll bet a good portion of our readers have turned off the filtering on Google Image Search and accidentally seen drawings of what some people fantasize doing to human/animal hybrid creatures. (And Mrs. Buttersworth too, apparently. I still have nightmares.)
If all that's not enough to scare you, this author has a handy little reference manual called a "D&D sourcebook" and it flat-out says Chimera are by nature chaotic evil. And 2d6+4 bite attacks aren't something our children should be exposed toScientists at the University of Nevada say they've figured out how make a... more
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A contest that asks lab techs and scientists how they would "rethink" PCR. People who post get a free tshirt and a change to win an iPhone. Some of the top entries so far:
"I think PCR is Ponder Cycle and Regret"
"I think the only thing my cycler amplifies is my temper"
"I think the 'hot start' I've been using is more like 'not start'"A contest that asks lab techs and scientists how they would "rethink" PCR.... more
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Japanese researchers put a new spin on surrogate parenting as they engineered one fish species to produce another, in a quest to preserve endangered fish.
Idaho scientists begin the next big step next month, trying to produce a type of salmon highly endangered in that state the sockeye this time using more plentiful trout as surrogate parents.Japanese researchers put a new spin on surrogate parenting as they engineered one fish... more
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