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Cross-fertilization—the process by which different strains of a crop combine to produce a new organism containing genetic material from both parent strains—can only occur with whole grains. Crushing the kernel of a grain, known as milling, prevents it from reproducing and thus transmitting its genetic material to a daughter organism. Milling GM crops thus eliminates the danger of cross-fertilization and strain contamination by making it impossible for the crops to transmit their altered genes by reproduction...
...listeria infection can be quite serious for anybody with a weakened immune system. That includes the very old, the very young, cancer patients and those who are hiv positive. For these groups, mortality rates of 20% to 30% are common. About one-third of listeriosis cases occur among pregnant women; they usually survive, but they risk losing their unborn child. All told, about 500 listeria-related deaths are recorded in the U.S. each year. Fortunately, the number of cases seems to be on the decline...
...doctors believe her sensations were caused by a failure of the brain to integrate tactile sensations and balance. Transient out-of-body experiences can occur in anyone, but a glance around is usually all it takes to ground the brain in reality again. The right angular gyrus, however, sits quite near the vestibular cortex, the seat of balance. Jolting the Swiss patient's gyrus apparently threw the delicate feedback system out of synch--creating a state of neural chaos that was exacerbated when she moved her eyes and body. Whether shamans achieve the same state through meditation is impossible...
...good university is going to ask these questions,” says Professor of Psychology Marc D. Hauser, who speculates that adding a class on America’s changing role in the world “is one of the many changes that could occur...
...king, astounded at this promise, agreed. Back in his cell, another prisoner asked him whether he could really make a horse fly. The criminal replied, “No, but in a year the horse might be dead.” Any number of events could occur in the next year that would make intervention in Iraq more difficult than it is now. An Iraqi agent could get lucky and pick up a supply of weapons grade plutonium at some Central Asian garage sale. The U.S. political environment might shift against a firm position on Iraq. Hussein is as likely...