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First genetically modified humans could exist by 2017

First genetically modified humans could exist by 2017

Posted by | Jul 24, 2016 |

Developing the new CRISPR genetic therapy technology is taking us steps closer to being able to fully edit our own genes. CRISPR stands for Clustered, Regularly Interspaced, Short Palindromic Repeat and is a naturally-occurring defense mechanism used by bacteria.  Like a pair of “molecular scissors,” bacteria carries the DNA of certain viruses so it can recognize them when they appear.  When they see them, the bacteria will hook up to the viral DNA and cut out the mutated piece of the strand. Scientists have figured out how to manipulate this process and use it, at will, on viruses and...

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Researchers Find Roundup Responsible For Harmful Algae Blooms In Great Lakes

Researchers Find Roundup Responsible For Harmful Algae Blooms In Great Lakes

Posted by | Jul 24, 2016 | ,

Glyphosate, the main ingredient found in Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide, RoundUp, has poisoned Lake Erie. Scientists from Ohio Northern University (ONU) in the U.S. have discovered that glyphosate is largely responsible for an increase in harmful algae blooms that contaminate lake water and kill off life dependent upon this habitat. Namely, dissolved reactive phosphorous (DRP) has been contaminating Lake Erie and the Maumee watershed. This DRP comes from surrounding farms that rely on Monsanto’s weedkiller to grow their crops. The runoff ends up in the lakes, killing fish and contaminating the water. Though Lake Erie’s trouble with phosphorous is not...

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15 detasselers need medical treatment after being exposed to herbicide

15 detasselers need medical treatment after being exposed to herbicide

Posted by | Jul 24, 2016 | , ,

My first job (besides babysitting) was detasseling corn in the Midwest. I was 13 years old and had just graduated the 8th grade.  The hours were long, days hot as hell and the pay pretty bad.  I was sick as a dog after the first day and passed out (literally) on the machine. That was enough for me to say no no no. Never again. Now, just last week, 15 corn detasselers came into contact with dangerous herbicide on a farm, north of Conrad, in central Iowa. The victims were taken to Central Iowa Healthcare as a precaution, where...

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60 Minutes On This Bike Will Provide 24 Hours Of Electricity For Your Home

60 Minutes On This Bike Will Provide 24 Hours Of Electricity For Your Home

Posted by | Jul 24, 2016 | , ,

People often complain about the high costs of energy and the fact that they “never have time to workout.” This invention certainly solves both conundrums. And, most importantly, this free power invention has the potential to lift the 1.3 billion people who presently live without electricity out of poverty. As Manoj Bhargava, the founder of the Free Electric hybrid bike, shares in the video above, it is possible to generate electricity at home while simply doing a daily workout routine. When an individual pedals the bike, the action drives a flywheel, which turns a generator and charges a battery....

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How chocolate powder is becoming a new party drug with no hangover

How chocolate powder is becoming a new party drug with no hangover

Posted by | Jul 24, 2016 | ,

Unlike alcohol, meth, cocaine, speed and even drugs like LSD and psilocyben, the newest thrill, popping up in night clubs and raves around the world, is chocolate. Pure cacao. The wonderfully satisfying (and legal) food is being used by party-goers in Berlin, among other places, to fuel the rave, long into the night. One such monthly dance-party is called Lucid and fuels the party with cacao-infused drinks.  Another group, Morning Gloryvill, runs raves from London to New York and stocks their bars with cacao drinks and cacao tablets.  One Belgian inventor (and chocolate fanatic), Dominique Persoone, even created a...

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