‘Lifeless’ prions can ‘evolve’ (BBC News) Scientists show for the first time that 'lifeless' prion proteins, devoid of DNA and RNA, can evolve like higher forms of life. [News Source]

Customers back ammonia-treated beef after report (AP via Yahoo! News) Restaurant chains and beef processors defended their products' safety Thursday after a report that an ammonia treatment thought to kill harmful germs in meat isn't as effective as the industry and regulators believed. [News Source]

Customers back ammonia-treated beef after report (San Francisco Chronicle) Restaurant chains and beef processors defended their products' safety Thursday after a report that an ammonia treatment thought to kill harmful germs in meat isn't as effective as the industry and regulators believed. The New York Times reported Thursday,... Meat - Beef - New York Times - Business - Food and Related Products [News Source]

Customers back ammonia-treated beef after report (AP via Yahoo! News) Restaurant chains and beef processors defended their products' safety Thursday after a report that an ammonia treatment thought to kill harmful germs in meat isn't as effective as the industry and regulators believed. [News Source]

John Gummer to quit as MP to focus on international climate change campaign. John Gummer, a former Conservative cabinet minister and one of the party's most staunch environmentalists, has announced he is to quit the Commons to join a new international campaign to combat climate change. [News Source]

Taiwan to restore partial ban on US beef (Jefferson City News Tribune) TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwan's two main political parties agreed Tuesday to reinstate a ban on some kinds of U.S. beef imports amid growing public concern that the government lacks adequate safeguards against mad cow disease. [News Source]