There are amazing similarities between human genes and the gene structure of other creatures.
But you have something more in common with the catfish than you may have known. Congress wants you to pay to map the catfish genome.
Representative Mike D. Rogers (R-AL) requested $1,250,000 in the agriculture spending bill for fiscal 2010 for research on [...]
A commenter on one bill says:
I’m shocked that no one seems interested in this bill. It has been introduce [sic] several times and has never made it passed subcommittees. If the public were even vaguely informed they would cringe at the idea of eating food grown on fields fertilized with sewage sludge.
The bill is H.R. [...]
What do avocadoes have to do with national security? Nothing!
One of the things the federal government is supposed to be doing is protecting the nation. One of the things the federal government is not supposed to be doing is marketing avocadoes.
But there it is, looking after the marketing of avocadoes grown in southern Florida.
In [...]
I’ll leave no stone unturned as I search for fascinating things that your federal government does. And this morning I’ve found a doozie! Breaking news – you read it here first!
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has decided to begin issuing permits for the [...]