Turns out that the United States Food and Drug Administration has given its stamp of approval on a number of new varieties of genetically modified apples and potatoes. The agency evaluated two varieties of genetically modified apples from Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Inc. in Canada and six varieties of genetically modified
©2015 Bloomberg News NYT3LOSYF01S (Bloomberg) — Richard Branson is finding a new use for an old Virgin Atlantic jumbo jetliner: to fling rockets to orbit. Virgin Galactic, the commercial space company founded by the billionaire, plans to send small rockets inflight from the Boeing 747-400 nicknamed “Cosmic Girl” that