Author: Daniela

  • US approves a label for meat free of Genetically Modified products.

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  • Photo of the Day

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    Arizona, 2007 Photograph by Frans Lanting, National Geographic A shaft of light bisects the distinctive Navajo Sandstone shapes of Antelope Canyon, a slot canyon near Page formed by millennia of flash flooding.

  • A Poem For Saturday

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Muriel Rukeyser was born on December 15, 1913, so this year marks her centennial. While at Vassar College she founded – along with Elizabeth Bishop, Mary McCarthy, and Eleanor Clark – an undergraduate literary magazine called Con Spirito. Rukeyser was in Spain as its civil war erupted, reported on its…

  • ‘Paruthi’, an organic cotton brand, aims to promote rain-fed cotton, grown in Madurai

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    By: A. SHRIKUMAR,  in The Hindu In many villages in Madurai district, cotton is more than just a crop. The cotton flower. Today, 400-odd farmers spin their own yarns and weave them in handlooms. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In 13 villages around Arasapatti near Tirumangalam in Madurai district, cotton is more than just a crop. It’s a symbol…

  • Culture is created by the people.

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    Writing in the “First National Festival of Popular Dance” published in 1978, the late Mozambican President, Samora Machel said the people created culture because they own land and have inspiration from their pains and hopes. “Culture is created by the people/ the artists don’t create it/ Bourgeoisie doesn’t produce art/ it lacks the land/ it…

  • Science vs. World Leaders

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    In Medical Daily, Anoopa Singh documents a study that links GMO food toxins to anemia and other blood disorders: “…in a new study where mice were fed endotoxin, researchers found that even the smallest, and once deemed safe, doses of the toxin appeared to cause harmful immune reactions. Researchers looked at immune reactions in the exposed mice…

  • Earthworm Farmer’s Bible

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    According to books world.com, Daniel C. Merrill’s The Earthworm Farmer’s Bible is: “a must-read for anyone interested in raising earthworms and/or starting an organic garden. In its pages, the reader will learn the difference between standard composting and composting with earthworms. It includes a step-by-step process to convert organic household waste into the magical earth-friendly fertilizers known as earthworm castings-the…

  • This Sunday – the Supermoon

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    The full moon that will rise Sunday will be the largest of the year, a “supermoon” caused by the slightly asymmetrical orbit of the moon around Earth. Sunday’s supermoon will reach its peak fullness at 7:32 a.m. EDT. The moon’s closest approach of 2013 will be about 221,300 miles (357,000 km) from Earth, about 20 minutes…

  • Monopolies Make Spying Easier

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    TIM WU explains why monoplies make spying easier in The New Yorker magazine: These days, America has one dominant search engine, one dominant social-networking site, and four phone companies. The structure of the information industry often goes unnoticed, but it has an enormous effect on the ease with which the government spies on citizens. The remarkable…

  • It Never Stays “Over There”

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    Ryan Gallagher summarizes the latest revelations from Snowden and Greenwald: The documents confirm beyond all doubt that the NSA can and does incidentally sweep up domestic communications while targeting foreigners, and it has the authority to retain such communications for up to five years. The NSA has to destroy communications concerning “U.S. persons,” except for cases in which the communication…