Cows Are Smarter Than Whole Foods Shoppers
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Feeding Africa Could Increase Global Warming – Unless We Embrace Science
It's no secret how Africa can feed itself - grow more food.That sort of naïve statement is fine for environmentalists who were born as part of the Agricultural 1%, but it falls apart in the real world that exists outside fundraising campaigns. A large chunk of Africa doesn't grow food all that well, which historically has meant relying on the patronage of rich countries and cycles of...
read moreWhen There Is A Penis Mystery, Just Blame Endocrine Disruptors
Endocrine disruptor.No one knows why Hypospadias, a birth defect where the urethral opening is abnormally placed, became more common among Swedish boys in recent decades. Before 1990, it happened in 4.5 per 1,000 boys, and after that increased to 8 per 1,000 boys.Researchers looked at past attributed causes (in epidemiology, they find two curves that go the same direction and attribute...
read moreActivists Declare The Science Settled – Neonicotinoids Are Killing Bees
Want to scare people about a pesticide? Compare it to DDT. 40+ years after it was banned in a bit of scientization of politics, people have still heard of it. DDT may be the only pesticide many people have ever heard of. Environmental groups love to invoke it for that reason.But if you are a fan of science, when you see a DDT comparison, you know evidence has left the building. DDT, when...
read moreKiller Regulators Are More Dangerous To Bees Than Neonics Are
At a time when the EPA is rushing to place new regulations on the one thing that is still cheap and increasingly environmentally effective in America, energy, it may seem strange to laud the EPA. But career scientists do solid work there. read...
read more3 Good Reasons To Grow Organic Food In Caves
Are you worried that genetically modified corn will imperil the earth and ruin your organic sticker status if the air blows toward your fields? Horticulturalists have a solution; let science grow transgenic crops that can feed billions and create high-value medicinal antibodies. Organic believes can put their corn in caves. read...
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