France, Germany, and Spain filed a suit against Monsanto last year because the company tried to patent a non-GM tomato that was resistant to a common fungal disease (EP1812575). Now, the European Patent Office (EPO) is revoking another patent Monsanto has held on non-GM melons. Though the company claims to have developed a melon (EP1962578) […]
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Iran’s coverage: Arms flow to terrorists must stop: Rouhani
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Arms, financial supply to terrorists must be blocked: Iran’s Rouhani Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has described terrorism as a serious threat to the entire world, including Europe, calling for measures to stop financial and arms supply to terrorists. Leader urges action against new anti-security […]
Halo surrounds sun in Timaru, New Zealand
Plenty of Timaru residents braved the afternoon sun’s intense brightness on Friday to take pictures of an unusual halo around it. It may have looked sinister, but the MetService confirmed it was completely natural. Meteorologist Lisa Murray said the unusual phenomenon occurred in high, thin cirrus clouds. “The clouds contain millions of tiny ice […]
Pesticides Just As Bad As Secondhand Smoke For Kids, Says Study
California is one of the greatest crop producers in America and subsequently uses a vast amount of potentially harmful pesticides, some of which are harming children. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley asked a group of children exposed to pesticides to blow out a candle and found what was enough to categorize exposure damage with secondhand smoke exposure. The […]
Largest radio telescope being built in China
China is in the final stages of building the world’s largest-ever radio telescope, which will give Beijing a leading role in space research and the hunt for extra-terrestrials. With a dish the size of 30 football pitches, the telescope will scan for signs of life as far as tens of billions of light years […]
Florida law restricting doctors’ gun talk blocked by federal judge
Marc CaputoThe Miami Herald Sept 16, 2011 A federal judge Wednesday blocked a Florida gun law that restricted doctors from asking patients about firearms. Judge Marcia G. Cooke said doctors had a First Amendment right to ask about firearms, and she rapped the state’s lawyers for failing to provide more than anecdotal evidence to show […]