Life on Mars? NASA Says There Could Have Been An expedition to Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered nitrogen, oxygen, carbon and other chemicals that could have sustained life Continue reading
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Acid spill at Harvard Med School prompts evacuation
A chemical spill prompted firefighters to evacuated a Harvard Medical School building for several hours Tuesday afternoon after a doctor working in a lab spilled several large bottles of acids, according to firefighters. The doctor went to get a bottle off a shelf in a 10th floor lab on Avenue Louis Pasteur at about 3 p.m. and inadvertantly knocked three bottles containing acids, which rolled off the shelf and smashed, said Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald. Continue reading
GE Free Lake County hosts film screening
FINLEY — GE Free Lake County presents a screening of the film “Fed Up! Genetic Engineering, Industrial Agriculture and Sustainable Alternatives” by Angelo Sacerdote, 7 to 9 p.m. Continue reading
Fish Glow Green After Genetic Engineering
A genetically engineered fish that glows green from the inside out is helping illuminate what pollutants do inside the body. Endocrine disruptors aresubstances found in a wide range of industrial products, including plastics, as well as in many femalecontraceptives. The chemicals mimic the actions of sexual hormones, resulting in various reproductive problems in both people and animals Continue reading