Will Terror Laws Give Science a Chill?
Photograph by Michael Duva PATRIOT PAINS University of Connecticut grad student Tom Foral saved anthrax samples when he should have destroyed them. He faced prison and big fines; now he has a record...
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by Courtesy CNN A March 20 CNN report from Kuwait: Even outside Iraq, fear of WMD was intense. Courtesy CNN On February 5, before a rapt U.N. General Assembly, U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell...
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DNA Profile A U.S. Customs and Border Protection chemist reads a DNA profile to determine the origin of a commodity. The federal government recently issued new guidelines for manufacturers of custom...
View ArticleNew, Incurable Botulinum Strain Has Top Secret DNA
Botulinum Toxin-Producing Clostridium botulinum and Spores CDC It's one of the most toxic substances known to science. You would die from inhaling 13/1,000,000,000 of a gram of it. And some folks...
View ArticleWill Terror Laws Give Science a Chill?
It's impossible to miss the note of fear in the voices …
View ArticleIraq, Science and the Elusive WMD
On February 5, before a rapt U.N. General Assembly, U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell presented the case for invading Iraq. Using an array of evidence -- satellite photos…
View ArticleCustom DNA Makers May Be Required to Screen Customers, Hoping to Thwart...
Four ounces of shampoo is enough to send the Transportation Security Administration into a tizzy, but the U.S. government does not have any rules governing the making of…
View ArticleNew, Incurable Botulinum Strain Has Top Secret DNA
It's one of the most toxic substances known to science. You would die from inhaling 13/1,000,000,000 of a gram of it. And some folks inject small amounts of it in their…
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