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So, there's a company based in Massachusetts which has taken a growth promoting gene from Pacific salmon, and has inserted this gene into the genome of Atlantic salmon. The brood fish are actually here on PEI, the growout would be a land-based recirculation facility down in Panama. The result...

First off: pareidolia- a psychological phenomenon where an ambiguous stimulus is perceived as being significant. eg, A corn flake shaped like Jesus. Here's some good ones: Satan in a bathroom tile Jesus in an MRI: Jesus on a toilet seat sticker: YouTube - Las Vegas Woman Sees Jesus on...

I don't think they're racist, I'm sure that's what Sir Potty would have said, but seriously WTF were they thinking?WASHINGTON - The Republican party has found itself in more race-related hot water, this time involving a top South Carolina party member who attended a recent event in Civil War...

LSD-laced gummi bears found in Cranbrook Yikes. That would be a nightmare if it was Halloween gummi bears...

I read an article today that made me think of an old thread here. That thread is closed to posting, but you can still read it for the background: http://forums.canadiancontent.net/news/71028-kiss-freedom-gbye.html It's about the Government's Orwellian control over the scientists who work for...

... that Tea Partiers are oblivious too. I remarked on this kind of thing once before, people are setting themselves up to be played like fools, by sweet talking politicians. Scott Brown was elected as the first Tea Party Express endorsed candidate. One of his campaign proposals was to...

New Study Links Toxic Pollutants to Canadian Oil Sands Mining - NYTimes.com Oilsands increase mercury downstream: Study http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/08/30/TarSandsStudy/ The word "Duh" comes to mind... I expect Kakato will be here shortly to run damage control. :lol:

Please forgive the lengthy cut and paste, but I don't think I could condense this material much without losing too much of the context. Federal Taxation of Labour Income in Canada is Regressive (in Terms of Marginal Rates) Or at least, it is for some ranges of...

Bio: Profile of Stephen H. Schneider ? PNAS Stephen Schneider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A eulogy: RealClimate: A Eulogy to Stephen Schneider Comments made in 1979: YouTube - Stephen Schneider in 1979

I apologize in advance for another vaccine thread, but this song really deserves it's own thread. YouTube - The Vaccine Song

An artist's rendition of the history of nuclear and thermonuclear weapon detonations on our planet, with a timeline for when, a map for where, and colour coded to identify which nation conducted the bombing/test. "1945-1998" by Isao Hashimoto: CTBTO Preparatory Commission It does not include...

So, Michael Steel slams Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, because she praised the jurisprudence of Thurgood Marshall. Steele apparently took offense with Marshall's claim that the original Constitution, as written, is now clearly flawed. The unamended Constitution held that a slave was only...

So, apparently in 2011, the long-form will not be mandatory. Previously, the form was sent to approximately a fifth of Canadian households of which the response was mandatory. Now it will be replaced by more forms, only the response will be voluntary. This is not good news. Some might find...

There's been at least a few threads on this forum that take a pessimistic view of aquaculture/mariculture. To be certain, not all aquaculture is created equally. I could bore you all with the details, but some people have a better way with words. Watch this chef, talking about two love stories...