Farmers in Iowa who planted corn seeds genetically modified to fend off the dreaded corn rootworm are seeing a troubling sign: The rootworm is apparently developing a resistance to the Monsanto seeds and gobbling up cornfields again, say Iowa University researchers. It’s still just a small percentage of rootworms that…
Continue reading …The Queen of England doesn’t post much on Craigslist, but she’s got a job vacancy that needs filling: Chief gardener at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Elizabeth II wants someone who’s driven, can manage others, and won’t need much supervision. Presumably you also have to be capable of gardening. The privately…
Continue reading …Supply-laden National Guard helicopters today sped to 12 Vermont towns blocked by floodwaters and damage following Hurricane Irene. Vermont was hit with up to 11 inches of rain in what the governor called the worst flooding in a century. Thirty trucks’ worth of FEMA relief supplies arrived at the state’s…
Continue reading …A surveillance camera set up to catch vandals in Sante Fe instead caught a New Mexico state trooper having sex with a woman on the hood of car. In broad daylight. With his uniform on. The trooper is now the subject of an internal investigation by the State Police, reports…
Continue reading …Libya’s interim government has offered an ultimatum to Moammar Gadhafi loyalists: Surrender by Saturday, or we’ll take military action. Barring a “peaceful indication” from loyalists by the weekend, “we will decide this militarily,” said Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of the Transitional National Council. “We do not wish to do so…
Continue reading …Warren Buffett’s plea for raised taxes seems to have caused a chain reaction: A French group followed suit , and the head of Ferrari said he should pay more. A group of wealthy Germans is the latest to seek higher rates, the Guardian reports. The 50-member alliance has asked Chancellor Angela…
Continue reading …Online education will be booming over the next decade, according to a new Pew survey of college presidents. Some highlights, as noted by Today ‘s Digital Life : Half of the presidents surveyed say most undergrads will take at least some classes online in 10 years, up from the current estimate…
Continue reading …The American debate over family planning may seem “like a culture war showdown.” But “close up, family planning is undeniably pro-life,” writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post . To understand that, look to Bweremana, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where “the complications of childbirth are as dangerous as the…
Continue reading …The version of the bubonic plague kicking around today is indeed related to the one that wiped out a third of Europe’s population in the Middle Ages, researchers have confirmed, after DNA testing on 109 ancient skeletons buried in a mass victims’ grave in London revealed a shared gene sequence….
Continue reading …Daryl Hannah was arrested today during a protest against a proposed new oil pipeline. Seated on a sidewalk in front of the White House, the actress refused to move despite US Park Police orders, the AP reports. She had been participating in a sit-in against the Keystone XL pipeline , which…
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