Bayer: won't use Monsanto buy to force GM seeds on Europeans
The CEO of Germany's Bayer AG is promising it won't use its planned acquisition of Monsanto Co. to force genetically modified crops on skeptical Europeans.
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Graduating into profession is increasingly rigorous for teachers worldwide, report finds
Across the world, requirements for becoming a teacher have become increasingly stringent and more technology is making its way into curricula and instruction, according to an education assessment of 60 countries and regions ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2016
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For showing how contracts work best, two economists win Nobel
Let insiders easily cash in stock options, as Enron did, and you risk seeing executives abandon a failing company. Encourage contractors to sacrifice quality to cut costs and you might cause problems like those that led the ...
Economics & Business
Oct 10, 2016
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Mars-bound astronauts face chronic dementia risk from galactic cosmic ray exposure
Will astronauts traveling to Mars remember much of it? That's the question concerning University of California, Irvine scientists probing a phenomenon called "space brain."
Space Exploration
Oct 10, 2016
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AT&T halts replacements of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones
US telecommunications company AT&T announced Sunday it would halt exchanges of recalled Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones pending investigations that the new versions could still have fire-prone batteries.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 10, 2016
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Climate change may benefit native oysters, but there's a catch
Amid efforts to restore native oyster populations on the West Coast, how are oysters expected to fair under climate change in the decades and centuries to come? Not too badly, according to a study from the University of California, ...
Environment
Oct 10, 2016
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Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake
Günther's sea snake (Microcephalophis cantoris), a rarely seen venomous sea snake with distribution thought to stretch from the Malay Peninsula to Pakistan, has now been recorded from Iranian coastal waters off the western ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 10, 2016
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Novel study identifies an area of the mosquito brain that mixes taste and smell
A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests that a specialized area of the mosquito brain mixes tastes with smells to create unique and preferred flavors. The findings advance the possibility, they say, of identifying ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 10, 2016
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Shared workspaces hit the Indian startup scene
Every weekend, the partiers flood into a New Delhi restaurant and dance club called Social, a three-story destination on the edge of Hauz Khas Village, one of the city's most popular nightlife neighborhoods.
Business
Oct 10, 2016
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Samsung changes Note 7 output schedule after fire reports
Samsung's crisis with its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone deepened Monday as the company confirmed it has adjusted its production following reports that newly released versions offered as replacements for recalled fire-prone devices ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 10, 2016
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