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Would Pain-Free Animals Make a More Humane Hamburger?

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 39

(PhysOrg.com) -- With advancements in genetic engineering, researchers say that it may soon be possible to breed farm animals that don't feel pain. The suggestion has sparked controversy on whether denying ...


Computational Analysis Helps Researchers Understand Emerging H1N1 Flu Strain

Computational Analysis Helps Researchers Understand Emerging H1N1 Flu Strain

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

As part of a broad-based effort to understand the precise genetic make-up of H1N1 - now being referred to as “swine flu” in North America - a group of virologists and computational biologists from Columbia ...


Swine flu joins list of animal diseases that affect people

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The swine flu virus that is smoldering in this country and triggering a full-blown outbreak in Mexico is one of a growing number of animal pathogens to jump the species barrier -- and may be the microbe that jumpstarts the ...





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Avoiding peanut butter won't solve salmonella problem

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 7

It's as if the whole nation just acquired a peanut allergy. As a salmonella outbreak sickens hundreds of people across the country, federal health officials are warning consumers not to eat products containing peanut butter ...


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AES wind farm kicks off in Bulgaria

Technology / Energy

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

AES Geo Energy, a Bulgarian unit of US energy giant AES Corporation, launched on Tuesday the largest 156-megawatt wind farm in Bulgaria, the company said.


Vt. farmers cut cows' emissions by altering diets (AP)

Vt. farmers cut cows' emissions by altering diets

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 21, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

(AP) -- Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp - dairy cows' contribution ...


Report: Use 'brownfields' as energy parks

Technology / Energy

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Northwest Michigan could generate hundreds of new jobs and generate enough electricity for thousands of its residents by converting abandoned factories and other brownfield sites for renewable energy production.


Hawaii regulators approve first US tuna farm

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu startup company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island.


A chicken coup: Group seeks to protect rare breeds (AP)

A chicken coup: Group seeks to protect rare breeds

Biology / Other

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- At about the time Foghorn Leghorn appeared on the Looney Toons drawing board in 1946, he began disappearing from America's dinner tables.


Tidal energy farms influence the natural transport of sands

Tidal energy farms influence the natural transport of sands

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tidal stream farms, in which electricity is generated by turbines from regions of strong tidal flow, may influence the natural balance of marine sands, according to research at Bangor University.


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Pirate Bay suitor served with bankruptcy petition: court

Technology / Internet

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pirate Bay suitor Global Gaming Factory has been served with a bankruptcy petition, a Stockholm court official said on Friday, after a former board member filed a complaint over unpaid debts.


Saving labor: Political scientist says our system of improving factory conditions around the world is broken

Saving labor: Political scientist says our system of improving factory conditions around the world is broken

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1

The existence of harsh labor conditions in factories around the world is a pressing moral issue. But to improve those conditions, we should regard it as a logistical issue, too.


Internet regulator mulls cybersquatting block

Technology / Internet

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Internet's key oversight agency is considering a centralized database of trademark holders, to cut down on questionable registrations of new Internet addresses.



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