Karl from Innoculated Mind is part of what looks to be an excellent new site called Biofortified. It's a group blog on plant gentics--especially genetic engineering--written by grad students, professors, and the occasional guest expert.
Check out today's post on the debate over genetically engineered foods where you can weigh in on 'what scares you'...
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Here's a good science blog you can help: Biofortified, a group blog on plant genetics and genetic engineering (and, by the way, Sb's recent addition, Pamela Ronald, is part of the team). They are in a contest to win a small cash grant and an interview with Michael Pollan, and this group is…
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I was going to join PZ Myers, ERV, and Pamela Ronald in helping out an old blogging friend and former host of the Skeptics' Circle, Karl Mogel of The Inoculated Mind by pimping his other science-based blog Biofortified, which seeks to provide a science- and evidence-based discussion of plant…