GMO corn and soy help fight off bugs and are drought-resistant. GMO salmon grows faster to help raise much-needed fish for a growing population in need of healthy sources of protein. GMOs are one way to help solve world hunger.or instance genetically altered seeds that deter insects are beneficial because they allow crops to be grown without the threat of being destroyed by pest. The same goes for those that are altered to withstand colder or hotter temperatures. GMOs have their positive points.
(Newser) â How much do you think the war in Iraq was worth, in dollars? Was your figure more or less than $7.7 trillion? Because that's how much the war might end up costing, according to a new study from Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies.
Rockoff estimates the total cost of World War I to the United States at approximately $32 billion, or 52 percent of gross national product at the time. He breaks down the financing of the U.S. war effort as follows: 22 percent in taxes, 58 percent through borrowings from the public, and 20 percent in money creation.