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Employee’s Facebook Post Leads to Firing

A San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) company employee filed a lawsuit against SDG&E after she was fired because of her Facebook post about…

NRA’s Guns & Gold Memorial Day Marathon

Nuisance Seaweed Found to Produce Compounds With Biomedical Potential

ScienceDaily (May 24, 2012) – A seaweed considered a threat to the healthy growth of coral reefs in Hawaii may possess the ability to produce substances that could one day treat human diseases, a new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has revealed.

Nuisance Seaweed Found to Produce Compounds With Biomedical Potential

ScienceDaily (May 24, 2012) – A seaweed considered a threat to the healthy growth of coral reefs in Hawaii may possess the ability to produce substances that could one day treat human diseases, a new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has revealed.

Malaria vaccine candidate ‘could be grown at home’

A potential malaria vaccine produced by genetically-engineered algae could allow people to grow their own vaccine at homes, and would be especially useful in rural parts of the developing world, say its developers.

Malaria vaccine candidate ‘could be grown at home’

A potential malaria vaccine produced by genetically-engineered algae could allow people to grow their own vaccine at homes, and would be especially useful in rural parts of the developing world, say its developers.

Mysterious Pest Targets Valuable Palm Trees

ST. JOHN’S, May 24, 2012 (IPS) – Something is decimating the coconut and other palm trees here and no one seems to know exactly what it is.

California Condor Populations Hit Important Milestone, but Still Face Threats

The population of endangered California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) hit an important milestone last month, reaching a high of 405 birds-quite an achievement for a species that was down to its last 22 individuals just 25 years ago.

California Condor Populations Hit Important Milestone, but Still Face Threats

The population of endangered California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) hit an important milestone last month, reaching a high of 405 birds-quite an achievement for a species that was down to its last 22 individuals just 25 years ago.

A charter for geoengineering

Geoengineering research has a problem. That much should be clear following last week’s cancellation of a field trial for the Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE) project. The solutions to this problem are not so obvious, but they must be found – and fast.