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to go to categories Science news sources Ag Biotech specific sites Biotechnology sites (not limited to agriculture) Academic sites at the 9 institutions on this grant Science news sources The daily news service from Nature, a top scientific publication Science Now, the daily news service from Science, top scientific publication Reuters' wire service has an excellent online science page Science Daily Magazine is an online source for daily science news. About ten articles a day. CNN http://www.cnn.com/ New York Times science section http://nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html LA Times science section http://www.latimes.com/news/science/ BBC news science page http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/default.stm Des Moines Register agriculture section http://DesMoinesRegister.com/business/stories/c4789013/index.html The New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/news The Wisconsin State Journal http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/ Ag Biotech specific sites The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology is a private grant-funded site which attempts to remain impartial in the biotech PR wars. It features a summary of a different news item almost every day. The Why Biotech pages are sponsored by a pro-industry group, and do an excellent job of presenting information. Greenpeace has taken a leading role in opposing biotechnology in agriculture. The link takes you to their anti-genetic engineering news page. Ag Bio World is an ardently pro-biotechnology site. You can subscribe to their daily e-mail list and you will get an e-mail every business day filled with clippings on biotechnology in agriculture. Ag Biotechnet is an ag biotechnology site which includes a subscription compenent as well as significant free content. Their news section includes "Worldwide coverage of agbiotech news - covering all aspects of animal and plant biotechnology." Biotechnology sites (not limited to agriculture) Bio Space Breaking News often contains ag biotech items. It often lists several sources on the same story, which is good for comparing the different spins given to stories. Academic sites at the 9 institutions on this grant The Program in Agricultural Technology Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison BioTrek, the Outreach Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Biotechnology Center The UW's Science and Technology Studies Program, housed within the College of Letters and Sciences. Steenbock Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a page full of links on biotechnology and GMOs at http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/Biology/gmo.htm |
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