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Scientists are turning plastic waste and corn stalks into edible cookies using genetically engineered yeast; the bizarre food experiment could tackle both pollution and food scarcity

Scientists at Southern Illinois University are developing experimental cookies made from plastic bottles and agricultural waste using genetically engineered yeast and CRISPR. Called µBites, the cookies have not yet been tasted as researchers await approval, while experts question whether turning plastic waste into food could ever work at scale.

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Other lives: Film expert who wrote books on the cinema and was a lecturer at Southern Illinois University in the US

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Life after Congress: Glenn Poshard - Roll Call

Once a Democratic congressman from rural Illinois, Glenn Poshard became a university president and still keeps close ties to his district.

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Little Rock Nine member who integrated Arkansas school dies at 83

One of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults at them has died at age 83

The Independent UK

What to Know About José and Kitty Menendez's Lives Before the Events of 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story'

The Netflix true-crime series doesn't cover every detail about Lyle and Erik Menendez's parents.

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How Southern Illinois University Changed the Game with Watchfire

The Salukis upgraded several venues on campus with new digital video displays and scoreboards.

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No Total Eclipse of Audio Intelligibility Thanks to PK Sound

Southern Illinois University selects PK Sound for Eclipse Day.

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A lesson on dissent from a Vietnam War protester who joined the US military – and then faced execution after his protest didn’t stop

During the late 1960s, when protests against the Vietnam War erupted across the country, college campuses emerged as places of more than intellectual debate over U.S foreign policy and the country’s deeply racist history.

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Southern Illinois will get its 2nd solar eclipse in a decade this year

It's already rare for a single location to experience a total solar eclipse, but on April 8, Carbondale, Illinois will see its second one within a decade.

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