Posted: 7:01:38 PM  

GM mosquito 'could fight malaria'

Monday, 19 March 2007, 22:48 GMT

The insect carries a gene that prevents infection by the malaria parasite.

The researchers caution that their studies are still at an early stage, and that it could be 10 years or more before engineered insects are released into the environment.

Biotech company secretly releases millions of GM mosquitoes in Cayman Islands

Friday, November 19, 2010

Oxitec released the mosquitoes last year, but only just recently let the public know about it. The company has attempted to justify its decision by claiming its GM mosquitoes may help fight the spread of dengue fever by reducing or eliminating the wild mosquito population. But nobody knows what happens when these GM mosquitoes interact with other animals and humans, or how their altered genes will disrupt the living environment.

OXITEC - products ... (!)

Posted: 4:33:08 PM  

With the assistance of several other students and teachers, the pupils were taken to the multi-purpose hall where some of them fell into a semi-conscious state.

Posted: 9:59:40 AM  

The image of London has a total resolution of 80 gigapixels, or 80 billion pixels.

It is so detailed that the photographers even had to censor one image which they described as ‘naughty’ - but they have not told users where the image was found or what it was.

Posted: 9:53:01 AM  

In another experiment, the students were shown an image of two curtains on a computer screen and told to pick the one that concealed an erotic picture. They chose the correct curtain more often than could be explained by coincidence, Prof Bem claims.

I guess they were all male students ....
;-)

The New Scientist, which published the study, said that the results will gain credence if other scientists can repeat them.

Posted: 9:48:13 AM  

Posted: 9:26:25 AM  

Radioactive rodent on the loose

TWO weeks after authorities captured a radioactive rabbit in southeast Washington state, the hunt is on for a radioactive mouse.

Posted: 9:22:39 AM  

End of Nations - EU Takeover & the Lisbon Treaty (scroll down)

Deception has set in for Lisbon Referendum 2

'I feared I'd end up dead in the woods like Dr Kelly,' says biological warfare expert who criticised Britain and U.S.

Posted: 9:10:52 AM  

Germany says guarding against Mumbai-style attack

"What we are basically preparing ourselves for, is that terrorists, coming from abroad, commit an attack soon after arrival, without warning, in a building or public place, knowing that they may not survive," de Maiziere told broadcaster ZDF.

If it's FUD, here is why: To put you in Fear, uncertainty and doubt.

NOT LOVE. That's it.

Posted: 9:07:26 AM