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Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s obsession with scientists: ‘He collects beautiful minds’

Daniel Engber | Slate | 
As the New York Times reported [July 31], [Jeffrey] Epstein’s “passion for cutting-edge science” at times verged into eugenics. Multiple ...
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‘The numbers’ tell us that anti-vaxxers may not be to blame for recent measles outbreaks

Daniel Engber | Slate | 
On June 5, the number of measles cases in the U.S. this year passed 1,000, a milestone the country last ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Astrology-style answers’ show the darker side of consumer genetic tests

Jane Hu | Slate | 
[T]he same thing that drives some people toward astrology drives others toward mail-in test kits: People want to learn more ...
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Podcast: Is the ‘bliss gene’ real?

Maria Konnikova, Mike Pesca | Slate | 
In the interview, Maria Konnikova is back for another round of “Is That Bullshit?” Because Mike experiences less anxiety than ...
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Viewpoint: Lab-grown meat may hinder effort to develop a ‘just food future’

Christy Spackman | Slate | 
At the 2019 Milken Global Conference, which brings together business and public policy leaders to explore how market-based solutions could ...
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‘Crisis-level precautions’: How hospitals fight new era of superbugs

Molly Olmstead | Slate | 
[Superbug Candida auris can] survive for weeks outside a patient—on sinks and mattresses, door knobs and bedside tables. To eradicate ...
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Viewpoint: No, we don’t need a moratorium on germline gene editing

G. Owen Schaefer | Slate | 
Should researchers put the brakes on genetically engineering babies? Leading scientists and ethicists recently called for a moratorium on clinical applications of germline ...
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Fears of gene editing in the US could be stoked by Russian disinformation attacks

Jesse Kirkpatrick, Michael FLynn | Slate | 
[There’s a] risk to gene drive research that has flown under the radar. This threat combines legitimate concerns about the ...
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Should we strive to engineer better humans?

Phil Torres | Slate | 
While proposals like cognitive or moral enhancements to help create a less doomsday-prone population are quite speculative (and on occasion, ...
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Artificial intelligence could manage our health. But can we trust it?

W. Nicholson Price II | Slate | 
In May, [startup Beta Bionics] received Food and Drug Administration approval to start clinical trials on what it calls a “bionic pancreas ...
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Roundup for breakfast? Checking the math on claims that glyphosate infects breakfast foods

Susan Matthews | Slate | 
No one wants .... to give their children a breakfast that is contaminated with weed killer. That’s why a new ...
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Does glyphosate cause cancer? Jury says says ‘yes’ but years of research show the herbicide is safe

Guy André Pelouze | Slate | 
Can anyone make sense of the debate over glyphosate, the active molecule in the most widely used herbicide [Roundup] in ...
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Don’t expect ‘instantaneous eureka moment’ in search for alien life

J.P. Nelson | Slate | 
From War of the Worlds and Arrival to SETI and Stephen Hawking, both pop culture and scientists feed the expectation that the discovery of extraterrestrial life will ...
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Viewpoint: Here’s why the controversial field of epigenetics is ‘so alluring’

Erika Hayasaki | Slate | 
I think of stories I’ve been told about my grandmother in 1945 Japan. … It feels plausible, and poetic, to ...
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Viewpoint: It’s time to stop ‘connecting race to intelligence’

William Saletan | Slate | 
The race-and-IQ debate is back. The latest round started a few weeks ago when Harvard geneticist David Reich wrote a ...
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Viewpoint: Population declines are a greater crisis than extinctions

Henry Grabar | Slate | 
Forget extinctions. Population decline is a much greater crisis. ... We watch for extinctions like those with the thought that, ...
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Viewpoint: Exercise can be as effective as antidepressants for mild to moderate depression. So why do US doctors push pills?

Scott Douglas | Slate | 
Here’s the most important thing I learned while writing a book on running and mental health: In clinical studies, regular ...
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DNA dating pseudoscience: Why you can’t find true love based on genetic compatibility

Rachelle Hampton | Slate | 
Described by Wired as “a sort of 23andMe meets Tinder meets monogamists,” Pheramor’s secret to success is your DNA. That’s right—for ...
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Why Huskies have blue eyes—and why it might matter for understanding human diseases

Alex Barasch | Slate | 
[A] new study may help salvage the [direct-to-consumer genomics] field by turning to a previously untapped pool of subjects: dogs ...
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What do zombie movies tell us about our changing attitudes towards science?

Emily Zarka | Slate | 
There is no better barometer of the values and fears of our society than the monsters our culture creates... What ...
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Cancer researcher: Media hysteria over glyphosate herbicide undermines science

Guy André Pelouze | Slate | 
Editor's note: Guy André Pelouze is a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon who did cancer research during his training and lung cancer treatment ...
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Searching for alien life: Maybe we should start with extraterrestrial viruses

Alex Barasch | Slate | 
One possibility for what might be out there that’s, relatively speaking, one of the most plausible theories has so far ...
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Viewpoint: Organic food fight over hydroponics about money—and that’s how farming should be

Tamar Haspel | Slate | 
Sustainable farming can’t actually be sustainable if farmers can’t make money doing it. So there’s a certain irony in the organic ...
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Are we on the brink of another smallpox outbreak?

Gregory Koblentz | Slate | 
[Editor's note: Gregory Koblentz is a professor and director of the Biodefense Graduate Program at the Schar School of Policy and ...
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University of Florida’s Kevin Folta’s unique libel suit against New York Times faces long odds

Keith Kloor | Slate | 
A pro-GMO professor, University of Florida plant scientist, Kevin Folta  who claims he has been defamed by the New York Times’ ...
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Conservation biology, ideology and the dangers of censorship

Keith Kloor | Slate | 
If conservation science is in service to an agenda, then it seems inevitable that research would at times be viewed ...
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Opinion: Food Evolution movie gets science right—but that won’t likely convince ‘GMO-averse people’

Keith Kloor | Slate | 
[Editor's note: Keith Kloor is a freelance writer and adjunct journalism lecturer at New York University.] Unfortunately, there’s no good ...
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Feeding the world: Will GMO seeds rescue yields as global climates dry and heat up?

Mark Hertsgaard | Slate | 
Take the argument that more heat- and drought-resistant seeds are what’s needed to cope with climate change. The good people ...
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