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A look at how portion sizes have changed in the...

kottke (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

A look at how portion sizes have changed in the US over the years . We don't have to eat those extra 360 calories in the tub of popcorn, but that's easier said than (not) done. Studies indicate that when given food in larger containers, people will consume more. In a 1996 Cornell University study, people in a movie theater ate from either medium (120g) or large (240g) buckets of popcorn,...

Guest Post: John Paul Responds to Al Hammond

NextBillion.net (Free subscription) | yesterday

Guest blogger John Paul is a Co-Founder and former Managing Editor of Nextbillion.net. He is currently finishing up his MBA at Cornell University, where he has focused on private-sector solutions to global poverty with the school's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise In this post, Paul responds to Allen Hammond's series on taking Base of the Pyramid models to scale. This week, NextBillion.net...

Researchers Create Genetically Modified Human Embryo; Could Lead To 'Designer' Infants, Critics Say

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday

Researchers from Cornell University have created what is believed to be the first genetically modified human embryo, the New York Times reports.

Lawyer2Lawyer Podcast on Case Law in the Public Domain

Law Librarian Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi discussed case law in the public domain with Professor Thomas F. Bruce, Director of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School, Carl Malamud, founder of Public.Resource.org and Andy Martens, Senior Vice President...

First-ever genetically modified human embryo created

SciGuy (Free subscription) | yesterday

Word has recently trickled into the news media about an advance by Cornell researchers last year, when a team created a genetically modified human embryo. First reported in The Times, a team of Cornell University scientists produced the GM embryo...

The River Runs Black: the Environmental Challenge to China's Future

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008

By Boyd, John Conway THE RIVER RUNS BLACK: THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE TO CHINA'S FUTURE Elizabeth C. Economy (Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press, 2005), 368 pages. In The River Runs Black, author Elizabeth C.

First Genetically Modified Human Embryo Created

DarkGovernment (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

Scientists have created what is believed to be the first genetically modified (GM) human embryo. A team from Cornell University in New York produced the GM embryo to study how early cells and diseases develop. It was destroyed after five days. The British regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), has warned that such controversial experiments [...]

ENV: Live Right Whales!

milkriverblog (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

The Bioacoustics Research Program (BRP) at Cornell University'sLaboratory of Ornithology is happy to announce the release of the Right Whale Listening Network public website: listenforwhales.org. Thiswebsite represents an ongoing collaborative effort between BRP and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to install real-time underwater listening devices to alert government agencies...

The First Genetically Modified Human Embryo: Advance or Abomination?

Kruse Kronicle (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

Wired: The First Genetically Modified Human Embryo: Advance or Abomination? Scientists have created the first genetically modified human embryo. What does this mean to you? Led by Nikica Zaninovic, researchers at Cornell University added a green fluorescent protein to an...

The First Genetically Modified Human Embryo: Advance or Abomination?

Technoccult (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

Scientists have created what is believed to be the first genetically modified (GM) human embryo. A team from Cornell University in New York produced the GM embryo to study how early cells and diseases develop. It was destroyed after five days. The British regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), has warned that such controversial experiments [...]

First Genetically Modified Human Embryo Under Review

CentOS, Linux and Operating Systems (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

Wired is reporting that Cornell University researchers genetically modified a human embryo in 2007, but have only recently been gaining publicity as their work is being reviewed. “The research raises a number of thorny ethical questions. Though adding a fluorescent protein was merely a proof-of-principle step, scientists say that modified embryos could be used to [...]

• First Genetically Modified Human Embryo Under Review - TechBlogger
• The First Genetically Modified Human Embryo: Advance or Abomination? - Wired Science

Scientists Create First GM Human Embryo

Truemors (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008

Scientists from Cornell University have created the first genetically modified embryo. The embryo was produced to study how early cells and diseases develop, and then destroyed after five days. The technology could be used to correct genes from diseases such as haemophilia, cystic fibrosis, and cancer.

Researchers Seek Genetic Cause for Tomato Growth

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008

Researchers are trying to understand which genetic changes have caused tomatoes to become almost 1,000 times larger than their wild ancestors.Steven Tanksley, plant geneticist at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, is trying to determine what allowed humans to change wild tomatoes into modern varieties like the beefsteak tomato, which can weigh a pound or more."The cherry tomato would...

• Researchers Determine Genetic Cause for Tomato Growth - Red Orbit
• Genetic sleuths unmask secrets of big tomatoes - ENN: Top Stories

Electronic Hogu Measures Just How Hard Your Foe Can Beat You Up [Electronic Hogu]

Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008

The final project of a team from Cornell University, this electronic hogu, modelled above by a lantern-jawed mannequin called Bob, uses piezoelectric sensors and a microcontroller to measure the...

Scientists create first genetically modified human embryo

Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008

London , May 11 (ANI): Researchers at Cornell University in New York have made a breakthrough in genetics by creating the first genetically modified (GM) human embryo. The GM embryo was produced to study how early cells and diseases develop, but the scientists destroyed it just after five days. However, the breakthrough has brought with it major [...]

More and More Celebrities On Atkins Diet

myyname | 04/12/2008

The Atkins diet is favored by many celebrities. More and more famous actors like Jennifer Aniston and her ex-husband Brad Pitt are fans of the low-carbohydrate diet. "People like actors need to lose weight rapidly and increase their energy level at the same time. That is why so many celebrities go on the Atkins Diet," commented John Paul, press speaker of the popular Internet portal aboutatkinsdiet.com...

Scientists Tracking Avian Virus in New York

Lilly Seders | 01/16/2008

By Delthia Ricks Birds have long sounded an alarm about the movement of microbes in nature. Scientists, for example, are tracking avian influenza as it circumvents the globe, moving mostly through flocks of wild birds. Wildlife investigators in New York are trying to find out what a viral outbreak among crows means to birds statewide as well as to flocks in neighboring states. Detected two weeks ago...

• Scientists Tracking Avian Virus - lilly seders
• Scientists tracking avian reovirus in NY crows - Miami Herlad

Scientists Tracking Avian Virus

Lilly Seders | 01/16/2008

BY DELTHIA RICKS Birds have long sounded an alarm about the movement of microbes in nature. Scientists, for example, are tracking avian influenza as it circumvents the globe, moving mostly through flocks of wild birds. Wildlife investigators in New York are trying to find out what a viral outbreak among crows means to birds statewide as well as to flocks in neighboring states. Detected two weeks ago...