‘NOT A HEALTHY OPTION’
USDA
‘YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED, MIKE’
Trump didn’t want to pay his team, Karen Pence refused the VP’s kiss, a cabana attendant arrived, and more tales of the White House transition from Michael Lewis’ ‘The Fifth Risk.’
HERE’S SOME DIRT
With a NASA satellite, anyone can observe the top two inches of soil surface around the world—crucial for agriculture.
RAWR
A Florida zoo featured on ‘Good Morning America’ for its tiger-cub ‘swims’ is facing lawsuits from PETA and state and federal agencies over its charity and treatment of the cats.
‘He Is Pretty Crazy’
Sam Clovis is anti-science, pro-birther, and UFO-curious. Which has a lot of folks asking: Why did Trump name him to a top science post?
ANIMALS
The USDA is suing an animal-testing firm for killing 38 primates since 2010, dying from botched liver biopsies, dirty cages, and more.
GROSS
Pilgrim's Pride is recalling 4,568,080 pounds of chicken that may contain plastic, wood, rubber, and metal.
Controversial Crop
Kickstarter has amended its rules on funding genetically modified organisms, but the fight over who gets to grow what continues to rage. By Josh Dzieza.