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Friends of the Earth: 'Vaccine Apartheid' Crusaders Open A New War On Food
Friends of the Earth was famously started by an anti-nuclear activist who believed his employer, Sierra Club, did not hate science enough.You read that right. Sierra Club, founded by a rabid eugenicis...
Earth Sciences
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Biochar X: Helping Earthworms Navigate Organic Copper Sulfate Contamination
After President Bill Clinton ordered his US Department of Agriculture to make a government "organic" marketing designation for products that used older pesticides and genetic engineering, the industry...
Life Sciences
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The Enchanted Broomstick Of Kinesin-1
In the 1980s, scientists captured the precise mechanics of a protein machine. It looked strange, to researchers its tall thin structure with stubby legs invoked the enchanted broomstick that stole the...
Medicine
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Eggs From Midwest Poultry Services Recalled Due To Salmonella
About 1.6 million cage-free eggs from Midwest Poultry Services, L.P. sold in Kroger and Brookshire Grocery stores, along with smaller boutique retailers, have been recalled due to Salmonella enteritid...
Physical Sciences
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PFAS Can Be Replaced In Medicine - For A Cost
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commmonly called PFAS, are about 12,000 chemicals, nearly all found in nature, and since the 1940s, a handful have been synthesized for use in various products. Be...
Social Sciences
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The Lost Roman Legion Of China
In 53 B.C., a member of Rome's First Triumverate, Marcus Licinius Crassus, wanted to show himself the equal of fellow rulers Caesar And Pompey. Both those generals were spectacular in the field and Po...
