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Environmentalists in Negros, Philippines bared their butts to oppose and shame local government officials who laid policies enabling the introduction of genetically modified products in their province. Photo: Mark Cervantes.
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A new crop of GMOs could improve biofuels. The Department of Energy even has a cute name for them—Plants Engineered To Replace Oils, or PETROs.
That subject heading is kind of a stretch-a loose encapsulation of a new report I just read about on this New York Times blog. The report, done by...
The new AquAdvantage salmon is forcing a public debate about the safety of genetically modified foods, and what the public should know about them.
Click through to see the full map, and read the full story here. Via Times Online. (Thanks, Will.)
Terrible news coming out of North Korea: After a five-day closed trial, the two journalists nabbed by NK authorities were sentenced to 12 years in...
From Boing Boing comes this video, by Al Jazeera, which offers one look at a legal battle between a resident of the polluted Niger Delta and...
Well, this is interesting: During their working life, undocumented immigrants in the United States will pay, on average, approximately $80,000...
A new website shows you how chemicals and the razzle dazzle of molecular gastronomy might save the world, or at least reduce your carbon footprint.
Ben Critton asks why popular films insist that a preference for modern architecture signifies something cold dubious about your character.
We asked the inventor-illustrator Steven M. Johnson to find examples of products and ideas that move the world forward in creative ways.
Almost every major urban school districts saw leadership shakeups this year. Here are some of the biggest.
As Brisbane, Australia, experienced floods of up to fourteen feet last week, one guy made a video of himself canoeing into his local McDonald's.
Since 2009, more U.S. troops have committed suicide than been killed on the battlefield. What's worse is that military doesn't know how to help them.
A ridiculously comprehensive infographic about energy production and use in China.
Gallup polling has put together a composite of what America's happiest man probably looks like.
A new mural recently completed in Boyle Heights is part of a global campaign to empower young people in the preservation of water.
Today at Slate, the Green Lantern asks whether American consumers (who buy heaps of toys and appliances that are made in China) are to blame for...
Samy is in Bangkok—over 100 miles away from the one place he’s ever legally allowed to be. After Google Latitudes abruptly alerted me to the...
The state that brought you Lauren Conrad, the Black Eyed Peas, and gangster rap goes hard with education reform, too.
Lisa Hernandez opened the Long Beach Center for Creative Reuse with one simple guiding principal: one man's trash is another's treasure.
