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Editor's Note: This article was originally published on April 9, 2012. There's something very personal about honey bees, especially for folks who live in the country. Stepping on the clover blossom as a child while running through the yard barefooted. Mamma, a bee stung me again. Take the stinger out! Seeing one of... » read this article

The first animal feeding trial studying the lifetime effects of exposure to Roundup tolerant GM maize, and Roundup, the world's best-selling weedkiller, shows that levels currently considered safe can cause tumors and multiple organ damage and lead to premature death in laboratory rats, according to research published online today by... » read this article

Does marijuana cause cancer? The censorship-happy government’s war on marijuana may be sorely misplaced, especially when considering all the other issues in need of focus. Dr. Sean McAllister of the Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco has spent years researching cannabidiol, a cannabinoid found in cannabis, the plant that flowers... » read this article

We have an extraordinary relationship with dogs - closer than with any other animal on the planet. But what makes the bond between us so special? Research into dogs is gaining momentum, and scientists are investigating them like never before. From the latest fossil evidence, to the sequencing of the... » read this article

Venezuela's national petroleum company, PDVSA, has demonstrated their expertise in bringing the Amuay Plant back to into production in only 6 days following the destruction of 9 refinery tanks last Saturday. PDVSA's remarkable feat speaks against all those claims of the government's poor maintenance and inefficiency. The BBC however (article below),... » read this article

Editorial Comment: There is a reason that here in Canada we do not blindly take our cue from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This interview pretty much sums up why we don't. Although our own system is far from perfect, there is at least some modest protection afforded... » read this article

Editor's Note: Now that the corporations have penetrated Mother Earth, on every continent, polluting rivers and pristine wilderness and robbing indigenous people of the wealth beneath their homes and villages we have this new for-profit adventure. Of all places for billionaires to put their money as national economies collapse and... » read this article

Editor's Note: Actually, Col. Muammar Qadaffi discovered and developed what these scientists are talking about a long time before. "The Great Man-Made River Project" (GMMRP) was conceived in the 1960s and built in the 80s. Col. Qadaffi made Libya self-sufficient in food and clean water. Buried underground deep in the... » read this article

"If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it." -- Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994 "Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of... » read this article

Japan is almost completely free of nuclear power now, after the shutdown on March 26, 2012 of the Number 6 reactor at the country’s Kashiwasaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. No nuclear reactors are now operational on the Japanese mainland. When scheduled maintenance closes the Number 3 Tomari reactor on the island... » read this article

23 September 2011 A newly reported fossil discovery from the Malapa, South Africa may provide greater insight into the evolution of the genus Homo from our australopithecine ancestors. The fossils consist of remains of two individuals, an adult female and juvenile male, possibly a mother and son. They appear to... » read this article

Original Version in Spanish at El Mundo “The U.S. was looking for a place were they could find people already infected with these diseases and in that time in Guatemala it was legal to bring a prostitute into the prisons for sexual services, which made the study easier. The U.S.... » read this article

How did academic publishers acquire these feudal powers? Who are the most ruthless capitalists in the Western world? Whose monopolistic practices makes WalMart look like a corner shop and Rupert Murdoch look like a socialist? You won’t guess the answer in a month of Sundays. While there are plenty of... » read this article

Note aux lecteurs de français : Beaucoup d'entre vous ont demandé de lire cet essai en français. La traduction française suit au dessous de la version anglaise. - Axis of Logic It took nearly a year since the start of Haiti's cholera epidemic for scientists to get conclusive proof that... » read this article