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GM food: we can no longer afford to ignore its advantages | Environment | The Observer - 2 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...ood-crops-genetic-modification

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 14 Oct 12
     
    "Given the crises facing the planet, with the population set to reach the 9 billion mark by 2050 and increasing strains being placed on water, energy and food supplies, it would be wrong to hope there could be a single solution to the storms that lie ahead. As the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir John Beddington, once put it in an Observer interview: "There will be no silver bullet.""
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GM institute's website targeted - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...science-environment-18236534

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 30 May 12
     
    The institute conducting a trial of GM wheat in Hertfordshire says its website was taken down by a cyber attack on Sunday. The attack occurred on the day anti-GM protesters gathered at Rothamsted Research institute to "decontaminate" the field of modified wheat. But they were stopped from entering the site of the wheat trial by police.
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Solar plane begins first flight from Europe to Africa - 4 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...solar-plane-first-flight

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 24 May 12
     
    An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight on Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week. Pilot Andre Borschberg will fly the jumbo jet-size Solar Impulse plane on its first leg to Madrid, Spain, by Friday.
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