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Fracking Yields Another Miracle

Hail ShaleFracking Yields Another MiracleTransforming America’s energy fortunes overnight wasn’t enough for fracking—now it seems set to feed the world’s fish. A California biotech company is looking to take advantage of fracking-wrought methane to breed a special kind of bacterium that could be used as a cheaper feedstock for fish. The Economist reports:
[Dr. Alan Shaw, head of the biotechnology firm Calysta] proposes to take advantage […]