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It’s nice when there’s GOOD news for a change. Mad Cow Disease may become a thing of the past. Mad Cow is caused by farmers feeding cattle the ground-up bones of other cows?or sometimes even human beings, in order to give them muscle-building protein. This won’t be necessary anymore, since corn has been engineered that has twice its usual protein content.

In the US, 65% of the corn that’s grown is used to feed animals for meat production. Much of the remainder is exported to other countries for feeding animals or made into the high fructose corn syrup that sweetens sodas. Biochemist Daniel Gallie, who help create the new strain, says that around 80 million acres of land in the US are planted with corn.

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A new hybrid grass may become a valuable fuel source that can substitute for oil, coal and natural gas. Miscanthus giganteus can grow 13 feet high. Europeans have been burning compacted grass pellets for decades. They don’t use them in their cars, but that day could be coming soon. Meanwhile, grass makes an excellent biofuel for home heating. Despite the potential pollution from smoke, burning grass is approved of by environmentalists. Instead of mowing their fields to produce hay, farmers could easily produce compressed grass pellets.
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In the future, according to some scientists, robots will turn up as nannies, teachers and as dogs that keep track of your health. Researchers have also invented a robot juror that can help decide whether or not an offender should be given the death penalty.
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?And if it was, what does that portend for both sides?right and left?in future elections? how can we ever again be sure that right person takes office? In the wake of the increasingly unpopular Iraq war, which is shaping up to be another Vietnam-style debacle, many more voters are asking themselves whether Bush was ever really elected president.
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