The Daily Populous

Tests on saline-alkali tolerant rice have been going on in China for some time, but the unexpected yield marks its readiness for commercialization.

Research leader Yuan Longping, also known as China’s “Father of Hybrid Rice,” told reporters that cultivation of the strain can feed more than 200 million people, the South China Morning Post noted.

Yuan Ce Biological Technology expects to make 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) in “sea rice” revenue by the end of the year. »

In a city with more than 700 street-level police cameras, he wondered, shouldn’t the authorities have had video of Gray’s ride?.

McNutt said something about not being able to control the weather, pretending to shrug it off, but he was frustrated.

His company had been trying for years to snag a long-term contract with an American metropolitan police department. »

Michael Bay, he of the most explosive explosions and bulgiest bulging biceps, is set to produce a live-action Dora the Explorer movie.

The project stalled out, but with Stoller and Platinum Dunes on board, Dora may have new adventures afoot yet.

The fact that Michael Bay would be involved, well that’s a mystery only Dora could solve. »

— Paul Weitz, a former NASA astronaut who lived on board Skylab before commanding the maiden mission of space shuttle Challenger, died on Monday (Oct. 23).

Ten years later, Weitz led the STS-6 crew on the first flight of Challenger, NASA's second space shuttle orbiter to fly.

Paul Weitz, left, and Don Peterson aboard STS-6, the maiden flight of the space shuttle Challenger, in April 1983. »