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A glimmer of hope for fisheries, GMO security called into question with new evidence, humbled by a wolf cub, Navy wins against cetacean population, tracking flu outbreaks through Google...

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• Modified Genes Spread to Local Maize
  A controversy concerning the spread of transgenes out of GMOs into wild corn varietals is reignited once again.
• Google Uses Searches to Track Flu’s Spread
  Let’s just hope that people continue to use Google to answer their flu-related queries.
• Top US Court Rules for Navy in Whale-Sonar Case
  Despite ongoing mass strandings of whales on the Pacific coast, the Navy will remain free from any regulation concerning their use of sonar.
• The Philosopher and the Wolf
  The humbling impact of adopting a wolf is best described by the author: “I was in the presence of a creature that was, in most important respects, unquestionably, demonstrably, irredeemably and categorically superior to me.”
• Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood
  What to do in a world where the saying “there’s plenty of fish in the sea” couldn’t be more wrong. And a glimmer of hope for fisheries out west.

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