Students at 2 Mass. schools for the blind en garde for fencing match, an apparent first

Mass. schools for blind gear up for fencing match

WATERTOWN, Mass. – Cory Kadlik has never let being blind stop him from golfing, skating, learning martial arts or riding a dirt bike. He had his doubts when it came to fencing.
“I never even knew this was possible,” said Kadlik, 19, of Medway as epees clanged, his … Original source on Gaea Times at : Students at 2 Mass. schools for the blind en garde for fencing match, an apparent first.

Modified rice that once seemed good pits farmers against chemical company in court after court

Farmers face off with chemical maker over rice

LONOKE, Ark. – Researchers at Ghent University in Belgium set out nearly 20 years ago to do what seemed like a good thing for farmers – create a strain of rice that could withstand a popular herbicide that kills weeds in the fields.
The scientists were so successful that …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Modified rice that once seemed good pits farmers against chemical company in court after court.