Tag: Genetic Engineering - Page 7
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Quote of the Day: David Suzuki on Genetically Engineered Crops
We have been told that genetically engineered (GE) material just disperses in nature, but in fact, it is remarkably permanent. Biologically engineered genes and DNA have been found to persist in soil organisms, in insects, pollen, and especially water,
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Biodiesel Designer Genes
If you were a green genie whose wishes would you grant? That everyone on the planet heeds Kenny Luna’s sage advice and plugs compact fluorescents into their lamps? Would you go further and replace every automobile on the planet with a hybrid, or would
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Artificial Wetlands, Super-Trees and Glacier Blankets: Oh My!
In its latest issue, Popular Science champions genetic and geo-engineering as strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change on the planet and save the environment in a series of articles collectively referred to as "Duct Tape Methods to Save the
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A Designer Plum That Can Spare You From Cancer?
Are you the kind of person who hates eating fruit? Maybe with the help of genetic engineering you can eat less and reap all the benefits. The question is -- are you willing to trade the risks of genetic engineering for the goodness that designer fruit
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Green & Black's Organic Ice Cream Stateside
Long available in the UK, Green and Black's line of super premium organic ice cream is finally due to cross the pond and hit the shelves nationwide here in the US. This spring, keep an eye out for Chocolate, Vanilla and White Chocolate with Strawberry
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2007 Nissan Altima Hybrid: $24.4k Minus Tax Credit
The price of the new 2007 Nissan Altima hybrid has finally been announced, and the car starts at $24,400. It should be available in the 8 states that have followed California with stricter emission regulations: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
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Poplar Science: Engineering Trees for Fuel
While debates rage over both ethanol and genetic engineering, the truth is that the two technologies are likely to play a growing role in our future. The two contentious fields will almost definitely intersect as well. A recent grant given jointly by
