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POPSInternational law should govern release of GM mosquitoes This brings up an interesting point - what is the role of the nation state as the world "internationalizes"? What good are EPA regulations when we breath polluted air from China? What good are European regulations on CO2 when the U.S. wont regulate? How does the U.S. compete in stem cell research when it has restrictions on funding? The nation state is no longer the venue for prevention of things like cloning, bacterial engineering, genetic selection, GM foods, etc. We may restrict cloning in the States, but then cloning moves to Mexico or China.
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POPSWhat Killed the Mammoth What led to the late Pleistocene extinction of North American Megafauna? The old theory was hunting by the newly arrived human population. But now...
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POPSCriminal Animal-Rights Activists: Terrorists? If the action of the person was driven by the desire to intimidate others with the threat of physical harm, is that not terrorism? Yet, not one of these actions have resulted in the physical harm of anybody. Yet.