Author: Daniela
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Yakuza Crime Group Releases New Magazine
It’s a shame George Carlin is gone. When he joked that there’s a magazine for every activity with five participants, I don’t think even he could’ve envisioned this one. Organised rhyme: Yakuza crime gang releases poetry mag Magazine … Yakuza members chop off their own fingers as punishment By HARRY HAYDON Published: 10th July 2013…
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Euroactive Publishes Press Release on new EU Biobased Industry Initiative
Today the European Commission adopts a new proposed €3.8 billion Public Private Partnership for Biobased industries in Europe, aimed at ensuring smart, sustainable and inclusive economic growth, and at enabling Europe to become a world-leading Innovation Union . The proposal comes as part of an innovation investment package of new Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) under…
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The GM safety dance: What’s rule and what’s real
This is a great, well-researched article on whether or not safety testing of GE crops is required.
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Photo of the Day
Periodic wobbles in Earth’s core change the length of a day every 5.9 years, according to a study published today (July 10) in the journal Nature. Teasing out this subtle cycle, which subtracts and adds mere milliseconds to each day, also revealed a match between abrupt changes in the length of day and Earth’s magnetic field.…
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Earth Festival in Vlasti, Kozani Opens Today
Neoskosmos.com announces this year’s Greek music Earth Festival that “combines the green mentality with music and other events.” The festival opens today, July 11 in the mountain community of Vlasti: This alternative ethnic festival will be held for the 13th year in succession, from 11 to 14 July, in the village of Vlasti, Kozani, by…
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Study of Bacteria in Space Yields Strange Results
Miriam Kramer reports on a study conducted in space that could be useful for long term space-flight missions and may even have implications for bacterial research right here on earth. A team of scientists sent samples of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa into orbit aboard NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis to see how they grew in comparison…
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Another Victory for Seed Freedom
Dr. Vandana Shiva, a world-renowned advocate for seed freedom and opponent of GMO’s, explains why the Indian Court’s rejection of Monsanto’s climate resilient plant patent is so important to seed freedom: Monsanto tried to create an irrelevant and false opposition of natural production of plants versus production based on human intervention. This is false because…
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With this digital pen, you can spell check your handwritten notes
Originally posted on Gigaom: With a Kickstarter pledge of £109 (add £10 for overseas shipping) that equals about $162, I could never misspell potato or broccoli again on my grocery list. The Lernstift pen, a project created by two fathers hoping to help their children detect spelling and handwriting mistakes, looks like a pretty cool…
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This Week’s Rant
Howard Schnieder in the Washington Post posits that, with the fall of China’s superstar status, more rapid change in the relations between China and the US may be possible. It’s an informative piece that nevertheless leaves me in a sputtering, almost incoherent rage. The author notes that “some members of Congress” still worry about the…
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