May 20, 2013

Michelle Obama’s Ancestry Traced to White Georgia Family

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*Michelle Obama’s ancestry has finally been traced and will be made public in a new book on Tuesday, reports the NY Times. A two-year project reveals the first lady’s roots to the Civil War era. Author Rachel L. Swarns discovered many white relatives that scattered across the South. “Meet Your Cousin, the First Lady: A [...]




The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: Test Tube Fish Goes Mainstream

*Test tube salmon could be on its way to a grocery store near you, and if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has its way the label on the package won’t indicate which was farm-raised or genetically engineered from a lab. It’s an experiment that has not been tested in the mainstream food supply. So [...]