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Chivian, who shared a Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for his efforts to prevent nuclear war, cited stem cell research and the long-standing debate over evolution as points of contention between scientists and the Christian Right...
...disinvest in companies that do business in or with countries labeled by the U.S. as state sponsors of terrorism. That list currently includes Iran, North Korea, Syria and Sudan. "Terrorism is the greatest challenge to our security today, and the Federal Government is working night and day to prevent and prepare for it here at home and to combat it overseas," Lieberman told TIME. "Federal employees should be given the opportunity to opt out of investing in companies that do business with state sponsors of terrorism, and the companies themselves must understand that there is a price...
...everyone is sold on raw milk. The growing consumption of unpasteurized products has food-safety authorities warning about a potential uptick in the milk-borne illnesses that pasteurization was designed to prevent. Disputes over the safety of raw milk are being waged on websites like Realmilk.com and increasingly in the courts. California food and agriculture officials began battling with farmers last month over a new state law requiring raw milk to meet the same safety standards as pasteurized milk. John Sheehan, director of dairy-food safety at the FDA, has likened drinking raw milk to "playing Russian roulette with your...
...winter." That's why Mueller joined the cow-share program, in which members pay quarterly fees of $100 to $200 for the upkeep of the animals and get raw milk in return. As an owner, her family receives its raw milk as dividends. No state or federal authority can prevent you from drinking milk from a cow you own, right...
Other researchers have focused on mass shootings: there were 11 in Australia in the decade before 1996, and there have been none since. This appears to be a strong argument for gun laws designed to help prevent massacres like Port Arthur. But McPhedran argues that because "mass shootings have been such a rare event historically ... it's incredibly difficult to perform a reliable statistical test on such rare events." Massacres, she argues, are a separate research question...