News tagged with factory farm
Would Pain-Free Animals Make a More Humane Hamburger?
(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 ...
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Computational Analysis Helps Researchers Understand Emerging H1N1 Flu Strain
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 ...
May 03, 2009 |
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Swine flu joins list of animal diseases that affect people
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 ...
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Yangtze river pollution sparks panic in China
A cargo ship spilled acid into China's longest river last week, contaminating tap supplies and sparking a run on bottled water in eastern China, the government and state media said.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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U.S. to lease waters off Mid-Atlantic for wind farms
Lighting Maryland homes with power from giant turbines off Ocean City moved closer to reality Thursday, as federal officials announced they are ready to lease vast areas along the Mid-Atlantic coast for wind farms.
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Feb 07, 2012 |
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Small things, big thinking
Finely tuned for touch and smell, the fly foot has sensors that can detect both chemical and mechanical changes in the environment. The outcome of more than three billion years of evolution, these sensors are far smaller ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Fear gone viral
If you were paying attention to the flap over two recent flu experiments involving ferrets, you may have come away with the impression that scientists all but waved a red flag in front of terrorists and said, "Here's a perfect ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Discovering Autism: An unsettling boom
Amber Dias couldn't be sure what was wrong with her little boy.
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Canada's Kyoto withdrawal under fire from China
Canada's historic decision to withdraw from the Kyoto protocol provoked heavy criticism from China on Tuesday, with Beijing saying the move went against international efforts to combat climate change. ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Canada formally withdraws from Kyoto Protocol (Update)
Canada became the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, saying the pact on cutting carbon emissions was preventing the world from effectively tackling climate change.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Evidence supports ban on growth promotion use of antibiotics in farming
In a review study, researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine zero in on the controversial, non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in food animals and fish farming as a cause of antibiotic resistance. They report that ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Known and unknown: Great travellers of the Pacific
When a well-known travel magazine set out to identify the top ten travellers of all time, the names it came up with held few surprises. Top of its list, which encompassed Charles Darwin and Christopher Columbus, ...
Nov 07, 2011 |
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An antibiotic effect minus resistance
After 70 years, antibiotics are still the primary treatment for halting the spread of bacterial infections. But the prevalence of antibiotic resistance is now outpacing the rate of new drug discovery and approval.
Oct 28, 2011 |
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