Food Prices, Highest in 18 years

Inflation pressures eased a bit in April despite the biggest jump in food prices in 18 years.
Raw Story/AP -The Labor Department reported Wednesday that consumer prices edged up 0.2 percent last month, compared to a 0.3 percent rise in March.
The lower inflation reflected a flat reading for energy, which helped offset a 0.9 percent jump [...]

Germs, Viruses, and Secrets… Oh my

A much anticipated (long over due) hearing in scheduled to examine issues, that have not yet officially been addressed concerning the  National Bio Agro Defense Facility and its intended research purposes; to relocate (FMD) Foot and Mouth Disease on to the U.S. mainland.  The hearing entitled; Germs, Viruses, and Secrets:  Government Plans to Move Exotic Disease Research to the Mainland United States is [...]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Security flaws exposed

Time
If you were a terrorist looking for weapons-grade nuclear material in America, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory might be a good place to start. At the core of the nuclear-weapons research facility about an hour’s drive from San Francisco stands the “Superblock,” a collection of buildings surrounded by multi-story steel-mesh fencing, a no-man’s-land, electronic security [...]

Microbes can learn not just adapt?

A recent paper available online at  Science Today suggest that “microbes may have the capacity to learn”. Here is an excerpt from the post:
Researchers have long assumed that microbes respond to changes in their environment in a simple, straightforward manner. If the osmolarity in your gut suddenly rises, for example, microbes populating it will tweak their [...]