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PERTUSSIS (Whooping cough) and me
Date: March 7th, 2012 Sarah, our guest blogger gives her personal story of whooping cough and thoughts on the vaccination debate
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Going solar. A PhD’s quest for affordable energy.
Date: March 6th, 2012 Latest TechNyou vid looks at what motivates one young scientist and his quest to manipulate nanoparticles to improve the efficiency of solar cells and their manufacture.
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Time for action on global phosphorus security
Date: March 2nd, 2012 In a nutrient constrained food production system what are the acceptable solutions?
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Why are some avoiding sunscreens?
Date: February 9th, 2012 Apparently a number of us are concerned enough about the use of nanoparticles in sunscreen that we are actively avoiding the use of sunscreen. The question is why?
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Who is regulating the release of the GM mosquito?
Date: February 3rd, 2012 A burst of research involving modified mosquitos to control diseases such as malaria and dengue has prompted scrutiny of the research itself and the regulatory oversight attached to it.
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GMO pig feeding trials – the data
Date: January 27th, 2012 RE: the news story posted this morning about the feeding trials of pigs with Bt corn, the kind people from Teagasc has supplied me with some research data.
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Science from the mouths and minds of babes
Date: January 24th, 2012 Farts, daddy’s G-string and liposuction. And it is all science – sort of.
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Two tribes at war. What The Atlantic’s very real dangers of GM food reveals about us.
Date: January 16th, 2012 Forget the article, comments following the above article reveal the different philosophies and battle tactics of pros- and antis and why the debate will continue to go nowhere.
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Backyard Biotech and the rise of the Biohacker
Date: January 11th, 2012 There is a large, active and vibrant community of backyard biotechnologists out there known as ‘Biohackers’. They could be a creative resource, but do they also represent a risk?
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Assessment of long-term, multigen feeding studies says GM foods are safe
Date: December 22nd, 2011 A review of long-term and multi-generational animal feeding studies declares GM foods are safe, though there are many criticisms of the research.
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