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GM Cotton Fails – Insect Pests Thriving on Indian Plants When They Should Be Dead

photo: Beau / Creative Commons An article in the latest issue of the journal Current Science raises serious questions about the long-term viability of genetically-modified Bt cotton to actually do what it’s intended to do, increase pest resistance. Scientists have found for the first time b… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Papal Science Advisors Say World’s Poor Need GM Crops & Scientists Have Moral Duty to Develop Them

photo: Luigi Guarino / Creative Commons The Vatican’s science advisors have come out in support of genetically modified crops , saying that they scientists have both the right and moral duty to produce them to help the world’s poor, Ne… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Saving the Earth by Shrinking Humans

Image: The Incredible Shrinking Man If you have run out of controversial topics for dinner conversation, or websites to stumble upon, here’s one for you. The Incredible Shrinking Man project researches and reviews the “implications of genetically downsizing the human species to better fit the earth.” You might think this ranks somewhere between the lunatic fringe and a last-ditch gamble to avoid the extinction of humankind in a sci-fi novel. We did. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Saving the Earth by Shrinking Humans

Can Audubon’s "Frozen Zoo" Save Endangered Species?

Audubon retrieves oil-coated turtle from NOAA. Photo: Audubon Nature Institute With the recent declaration of the rusty grebe extinction , due to a non-native carnivorous snakehead murrel being introduced to its habitat, Lake Alaotra in Madagascar, as well as drowning in nylon fishing nets, there’s no chance of resurrecting it. Unlike Cuba’s Zapata rail, which is critically endangered by the mongoose and catfish – not as long as the Audubon Species … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Can Audubon’s "Frozen Zoo" Save Endangered Species?