Researchers Genetically Modify Corn to Increase Nutrition Researchers in the United States say they have discovered how to genetically engineer corn to produce a kind of amino acid usually found in meat. The result is a food with increased nutrition
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Schools Under Pressure to Protect Free Speech Colleges begin the new school year under pressure to protect free speech -- even when many students strongly disagree with the speakers messages. Many of the protests in the last school year tried to bloc
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North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho says the United States has declared war on his country. Ri made the statement to reporters in New York City on Monday. He added that his country would take counter-actions, including shooting down American war
Russia is promising to answer a Trump administration order to close three Russian diplomatic offices in the United States. But Russia also said it was not likely to take steps to increase diplomatic tensions between the two countries. On Thursday, th
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