Tag Archives: GM

While NASA’s Robonaut 2 Is In Orbit, Its Hype Has Escape Velocity

Sorry to kill your buzz, NASA and GM, but your jointly developed humanoid robot, the Robonaut 2, is way over [...]

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Genetically Modified Flowers That Can Smell Like Anything

Ever wanted a rose that smelled like bananas? Maybe a petunia that reeked of root beer? Researchers at the University [...]

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GM and NASA Create Robonaut and Mounds of Hype

The press seems to love the new robonaut from GM and NASA, but is it really all it is hyped [...]

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Genetically Modified Rice and Corn To Grow in China, then the World

China grows a lot of rice – about 60 million tonnes a year. It also consumes most of that, only [...]

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