The British government says its plan to legalise gene-editing in animals and plants for food is following the science and will help ensure food security. But critics say profits are driving what they call “frankenscience” and warn consumer confidence could be hit. The new Genetic Technology Bill, the government says, will allow the creation of…
Consumer Confidence Warning Over ‘Frankenscience’ Gene-Edited Animal Plans in England
Some Cancer Patients Can Skip Treatments, 2 Studies Show
After surgery, some cancer patients can safely skip radiation or chemotherapy, according to two studies exploring shorter, gentler cancer care. Researchers are looking for ways to precisely predict which cancer patients can avoid unneeded treatment to cut down on harmful side effects and unnecessary costs. One new study used a blood test to determine which…
Energy Transition to Wind and Solar Is More Expensive and Environmentally Nonviable: Study
June 7, 2022
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Environmentalists, the Biden administration, and some states have been pushing for a drastic energy transition to renewable energies such as wind and solar, saying it’s cheaper and could help address climate change. However, a recent study found that, if all costs are considered, wind and solar are actually more expensive to produce electricity and such…
SEC Climate Proposal Violates First Amendment to Constitution: Law Professor
June 6, 2022
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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) proposed rules to mandate climate-related disclosures from companies abridge freedom of speech and would “create controversy by imposing a political viewpoint,” a law professor asserted in a June 1 letter to the agency. “It’s almost as though the three commissioners who pushed this rule forward don’t take seriously their…
Gilead Drug Modestly Delays Breast Cancer Progression in Late-Stage Trial
Gilead Sciences Inc.’s Trodelvy extended by 1.5 months, or 34 percent, the length of time women with advanced stages of a common type of breast cancer lived without their disease worsening, according to trial data presented on Saturday. The Phase III study compared Trodelvy to chemotherapy in 543 patients with hormone-sensitive tumors that test negative…
Substances Essential for Life Found in Asteroid Samples Collected by Japan’s Space Probe
Researchers discovered up to 20 types of amino acids on asteroid samples obtained by the Japanese Hayabusa2 space probe in December 2020, essential substances for living things on Earth. This is the first time amino acids—the building blocks of proteins—have been found on an asteroid, Kyodo News reported, citing an unnamed Education Ministry official. A…
Exhibit of Famed Prehistoric Cave Opens in Marseille
MARSEILLE, France—A permanent virtual exhibit of one of France’s most famous prehistoric sites, the undersea Cosquer Cave, opened its doors on June 4. Visitors to the port city of Marseille can see the Cosquer Mediterranee, a replica of the over 30,000-year old site. The visual and audio “experience” features copies of the prehistoric paintings that…
Musk Plans to Build 1000+ Starships to Transport 1 Million People to Mars: A Fleet of ‘Modern Noah’s Arks’
Tesla Inc. and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk aims to build 100 starships per year and send one million people to Mars by 2050. He believes close to a million people are needed on Mars to ensure enough population for the necessary work to survive on the Red Planet. Musk recently advocated building over 1000 Starships to send…
Sony Forms Company to Build Space Lasers
Sony has formed a new company to facilitate communication in space through the use of lasers, following SpaceX in integrating the relatively new technology for relaying information across long distances in Earth’s orbit. On Wednesday, the Japanese legacy technology company registered the Sony Space Communications Corp., a subsidiary which is seeking to use lasers as…
Blue Origin Launches 6 People on 5th Space Flight
Blue Origin successfully completed its fifth human spaceflight that sent six people to suborbital space on Saturday, including Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman to fly into space. The New Shepard program mission called NS-21, launched from the company’s West Texas site at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT), when its rocket vehicle lifted off from…
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