Tag: Reuters

  • Monsanto Feeling Pressure from the Public

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    Mandy Adwell at The 9 Billion blog notes that “it has been a rough year for Monsanto, especially in Europe.” After several countries banned the use of genetically modified seeds and several others banned the use of certain pesticides, the company has announced it will withdraw all pending approval requests for new genetically modified crops…

  • Voyager 1 in strange magnetic boundary zone at edge of solar system

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    By Irene Klotz, ioLscitech Cape Canaveral – Reports last summer that Nasa’s long-lived Voyager 1 space probe had finally left the solar system turned out to be a bit premature, scientists said on Thursday. Rather, the spacecraft, which was launched in 1977 for a five-year mission to study Jupiter and Saturn, has found itself in…