New Study: 43% of Consumers Rank ‘Non-GMO’ Food as ‘Very Important’ – Christine Sarich

Want more proof that Monsanto’s demise is imminent? In a recently published Nielsen study of 30,000 consumers, 80 percent of respondents said they would pay more for foods that indicate a degree of healthfulness, such as those labeled ‘Non-GMO.’ Do we really need more proof that people are turning their backs on biotech-altered poison crops? This doesn’t mean that people actually trust the ‘Non-GMO’ food label, and unless …

Online Test-Takers Feel Anti-Cheating Software’s Uneasy Glare

By NATASHA SINGER  APRIL 5, 2015 New York Times NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Before Betsy Chao, a senior here at Rutgers University, could take midterm exams in her online courses this semester, her instructors sent emails directing students to download Proctortrack, a new anti-cheating technology. “You have to put your face up to it and you put your knuckles up …

Olive oil antioxidant naturally kills all cancer cells tested within an hour

The major antioxidant compound found in olive oil is capable of killing cancer cells in less than an hour while leaving healthy cells unharmed, according to a study conducted by researchers from Rutgers University and Hunter College and published in the journal Molecular & Cellular Oncology. The researchers hope that this may lead to a targeted cancer therapy based on this molecule. “The Mediterranean diet …