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I am a historian and writer who wants to bring to light current events through a historical perspective. It is difficult to understand today's current events without having a grasp of what has occurred before. This is a running thread to help keep people informed about the present and remind everyone to not forget their past. Enjoy and please comment!
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Category Archives: Science
What’s the Deal With Crop Subsidies and the Bio-fuels Dilemma?
Hello All! Welcome to another edition of “What’s the Deal?”, the blog that subsidizes its puns for comedic fuel. In this week’s blog post, we’ll discuss an ongoing economic and socio-political issue: the subsidization of ethanol production from corn in … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Americas, energy, Politics, Science, Social Issues
Tagged corn, corn crop, crops, environment, ethanol, ethanol tax credit, ethyl alcohol, excise tax credit, exports, food, Guatemala, imports, maize, production, science, U.S.
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What’s the Deal With a Counter-Evolution Against GMOs?
Hello All! Welcome to another edition of “What’s the Deal?”, the blog that rearranges its nucleotides to strengthen its spam filter (read: I get a lot of spam). In this week’s post, we’ll discuss new research on Genetically Modified Crops … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Economy, Science, Social Issues, U.S.
Tagged bollworm, Bt crops, crops, european corn borer, evolution, food, food insecurity, genetic mutations, genetics, GMOs, insect resistance, insects, pests, science
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What’s the Deal With the Status of Nuclear Power?
Hello All! Welcome to another edition of “What’s the Deal?” the blog whose half life is longer than one year. In this week’s blog, we’ll discuss what’s happened in the politics of nuclear energy since last year’s devastating earthquake, tsunami, … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Disasters, energy, Politics, Science
Tagged Chernobyl, disaster, earthquake, Fukushima, Japan, nuclear, radioactive, tsunami, uranium
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What’s the Deal With North Korea’s Nuclear Program?
Hello all! Welcome to another brand new edition of “What’s the Deal?” the blog that seeks to explain the major issues for peaceful purposes only. In this week’s blog, we’ll discuss North Korea’s (isn’t it the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea … Continue reading
What’s the Deal With the 2011 Natural Gas Rush?
Hello all, and welcome to another weekly edition of “What’s the Deal?”, the blog that isn’t dependent on foreign material. (see what I did there?) This week’s blog discusses the new investments and projects in extracting American Oil from new … Continue reading
What’s the Deal With “Fracking”?
Hello All, and welcome to another edition of “What’s the Deal?” the blog that covers current events from a historical perspective, and today, a scientific subject …. SCIENCE!!!!. Today we are going to delve into the relatively “deep” and now … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Science
Tagged contamination, EIA, energy, fracking, fuel, green, hydro-fracture, leak, natural gas, shale, spill
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