Xnid Panama Papers 鈥?Season Two
On Wednesday, we covered the overreaction by a few important online sources to an International Journal of Biological Sciences article claiming to find 鈥渟igns of toxicity鈥?in three varieties of genetically modified (GM) corn produced by Monsanto. We
asics gelkayano posted some caveats that made us uneasy about the study, such as the funding sources, the unknown quality of the journal, and the fact that the toxicity claims rely on reinterpreting statistical data that Gilles-Eric S茅ralini and his coauthors themselves note is not as robust as it needs to be.Karl Haro von Mogel, a University of Wisconsin Ph.D. student who works with Pamela Ronald (the GM expert we quoted
asics gel in our last post), responded with some other problems he has on this study. He has a blog post of his own (in which he gets hopping mad at coverage that attributed organ damage, organ failure, or even cancer to the rats in the study). But here are the major issues he points out to DISCOVER:1. Cherry-picking. 鈥淭hey were
dunk panda picking out about 2 BEIRUT:US-backed fighters have seized a quarter of Syria's Raqa from the Islamic State group, a monitor said Monday, less than three we
ugg mini eks after they first entered the northern city.Arab and Kurdish militiamen from the Syrian Democratic Forces smashed into the militants main Syrian bastion on June 6 after a months-long drive to encircle it."Since the offensive began, the SDF have captured around 25 percent of the city's built-up neighbourhoods," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP on Monday.Backed by US-led coalition air strikes, the SDF has fully seized the southeastern districts of Al-Meshleb and Al-Senaa, as well as Al-Rumaniya and Sabahiya in the west, he said.In Syria's Raqa, anti-Islamic State fighters advance at nightFrom those neig
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nb balance bearing down on Raqa's Old City in a pincer movement on Monday, with fighting raging in the western Al-Qadisiya district and parts of the city's east.SDF fighters also hold part of Divisio
