WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2013 – In a groundbreaking lawsuit, the adoptive parents of an intersex child, identified as M.C., are suing the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Greenville Hospital System, and the Medical University of South Carolina for performing medically unnecessary sex-assignment surgery when the toddler was 16 months old and in foster care. […]
June
01
Big victory for Monsanto in Supreme Court patent case
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WASHINGTON, DC, May 14, 2013 – In a unanimous ruling Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an Indiana farmer had infringed on Monsanto’s patent rights by planting genetically modified soybeans he purchased from a grain elevator instead of the company or its authorized dealers. Biotech giant Monsanto produces and sells a genetically modified soybean that […]
June
01
Study finds increased levels of arsenic in chicken
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WASHINGTON, DC, May 13, 2013 – In a study published online Saturday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers at Johns Hopkins University found arsenic levels in chicken that exceed those that occur naturally. Researchers also cautioned that this could translate into a small increase in cancer risk over a lifetime of eating chicken, and may result in around 124 […]
June
01
GMO apples may be deregulated by the end of 2013
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WASHINGTON, DC, May 10, 2013- Genetically modified (GM) crops have been part of the U.S. food supply for several years. However, only one type of GM fruit, the Hawaiian papaya (Rainbow and SunUp), has been available to U.S. consumers. This may change by the end of 2013. If approved, two varieties of apple, Arctic® Granny Smith […]
June
01
CA Milk Lobby threatens to sue young boys over website
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WASHINGTON, DC, May 7, 2013 – The California Milk Processor Board (CMPB), owner of the “got milk?” trademark, threatened civil action against a website created by a nine- and a seven-year-old boy from Maryland last week. The boys’ website, gotsourmilk.com, was created as a part of a science project to identify whether milk was sour without […]
June
01
Native Americans hidden in the Vatican for 509 years
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WASHINGTON, DC, May 6, 2013 – A tiny depiction of naked men wearing headdresses was uncovered during the restoration of a 1494 fresco in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace. Not seen in over 500 years, specialists believe that this may be the first known European depiction of Native Americans. “Resurrection,” the painting by Renaissance master Pinturicchio (1454-1513), […]
June
01
The Yellow Dog Project: How to tell others your dog needs space
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WASHINGTON, DC, May 3, 2013– The Yellow Dog Project recommends tying a yellow ribbon or other visible yellow item on the leash or collar of you dog to signal to other dog owners and the general public that your dog needs space. In some cities and neighborhoods, it seems like most people have a dog, and while […]
June
01
NASA invites public to submit names and poems to Mars
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WASHINGTON, DC, May 2, 2013 – NASA issued a press release yesterday inviting members of the public to submit names and a haiku online to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study Mars’ upper atmosphere. So if you can’t go to Mars yourself, your name certainly can. The names and poems will be on a DVD carried on the […]
June
01
Glowing sheep created by Uruguayan scientists
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WASHINGTON, DC, April 29, 2013 – Uruguayan scientists at the Animal Reproduction Institute have successfully engineered sheep to glow in the dark when exposed to certain ultraviolet light. While this may seem like a useless manipulation of the animal’s DNA, scientists claim to have a legitimate scientific purpose in creating these bizarre looking sheep. The flock […]
June
01
Mars One seeks colonists to live- and die- on the Red Planet
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WASHINGTON, DC, April 28, 2013 – Last Monday a Dutch nonprofit announced its search for volunteers to become the first humans to inhabit Mars. With a scheduled landing on the Red Planet in 2023, Mars One will send four initial colonists to live out the rest of their lives on our neighboring planet. Mars One, a […]
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