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Viewpoint: To mask or not to mask? That remains a hotly debated question in hospitals and other healthcare facilities — although it shouldn’t be

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GLP podcast and video: Eating meat = cannibalism? Glyphosate safety reaffirmed (again); The science-free campaign against aspartame

Cameron English, Liza Dunn

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Concerned about aspartame? Beware of this other “probable carcinogen” on your plate

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Global food production has increased 390 percent since 1960. Here’s how farmers have done it.

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Viewpoint: To mask or not to mask? That remains a hotly debated question in hospitals and other healthcare facilities — although it shouldn’t be

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GLP podcast and video: Eating meat = cannibalism? Glyphosate safety reaffirmed (again); The science-free campaign against aspartame

Cameron English, Liza Dunn

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Concerned about aspartame? Beware of this other “probable carcinogen” on your plate

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Global food production has increased 390 percent since 1960. Here’s how farmers have done it.

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Infographic: We started as protocells— Visualized pathway of human evolution

Infographic: Pathway of human evolution, from protocells to people

From the tiniest protocells to modern humans, our species has undergone a remarkable journey of adaptation, innovation, and survival. In ...

Food & Ag Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

Here’s how to capture carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — and why it’s so important

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes | EcoWatch

Downside of the amateur beekeeper craze: Honeybees are not endangered and raising them reduces food availability for native bee species

Tom Heap | Sky News

Viewpoint: Europe’s gene editing deregulation proposal is a welcome break from technophobia but it shortchanges organic farmers who want to grow bioengineered seeds

Devang Mehta | Nature

Combining AI and CRISPR: Gene-edited hardwood trees increase carbon sink potential of deep forests

Jacob Carah | Courthouse News Service

Is MSG a ‘silent killer lurking in your kitchen cabinet’? Debunking Joe Mercola’s hysterical ‘MSG can harm you’ myth

Michael Simpson | Skeptical Raptor

Human Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

‘He spreads dangerous misinformation’: Kennedy Family condemns presidential candidate RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine rhetoric

Michael Simpson | Skeptical Raptor

American middle school math scores are the lowest they’ve been in 50 years. AI can help

Gillian Diebol | Center for Data Innovation

What happens to bad smells — do they disappear or does the world get smellier every day?

Ingrid Schou | Science Norway

Pair bonding: How wedding vows have contributed to human evolution

Glenn Geher | Psychology Today

Self-managed abortion: How well does misoprostol alone work to end pregnancies even at later gestation periods?

Roni Caryn Rabin | New York Times

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Agricultural Laws & Regs

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GLP podcast and video: Eating meat = cannibalism? Glyphosate safety reaffirmed (again); The science-free campaign against aspartame

Glyphosate will be re-authorized for 15 years as safe by the European Commission, according to leaked documents

Did you hear the story about the GMO that nearly destroyed the world?

Ancestry & Evolution

Pair bonding: How wedding vows have contributed to human evolution

Pair bonding: How wedding vows have contributed to human evolution

How hot is too hot? Record breaking temperatures across the world test human body heat limits

Prospective planning: Are humans the only animals capable of preparing for the future?

Biomedicine & Disease

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How the U.S. is gearing up for a repeat “tripledemic” this fall as threats of a surge in COVID-19 cases grow

GLP podcast and video: Why so many nutrition studies are wrong; Steve Kirsch—tech entrepreneur turned anti-vaccine guru; Confidence makes you seem smarter

Inhalable CRISPR-based treatment for cystic fibrosis, lung disease on the horizon

Biotech Communications

Is MSG a ‘silent killer lurking in your kitchen cabinet’? Debunking Joe Mercola’s hysterical ‘MSG can harm you’ myth

Is MSG a ‘silent killer lurking in your kitchen cabinet’? Debunking Joe Mercola’s hysterical ‘MSG can harm you’ myth

Viewpoint: ‘We should acknowledge that there are faith-based myths running deep in science’s canon’

Viewpoint: Queen of Green Social Justice or Reckless Green-Revolution Rejectionist — Who is the real Vandana Shiva?

Brain / Neuroscience

What to do when dogs have separation anxiety

What should you do when dogs have separation anxiety?

‘The hallucination of reality’: Where does consciousness reside — inside or outside the brain?

Craving food from morning til bedtime: Anecdotal stories reveal how weight-loss drug Ozempic quells ‘food noise’

Chemicals & Pesticides

Glyphosate will be re-authorized for 15 years as safe by the European Commission, according to leaked documents

Glyphosate will be re-authorized for 15 years as safe by the European Commission, according to leaked documents

Global food production has increased 390 percent since 1960. Here’s how farmers have done it.

Balancing economics and sustainability: What would a future without glyphosate weedkiller look like?

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GLP podcast and video: Eating meat = cannibalism? Glyphosate safety reaffirmed (again); The science-free campaign against aspartame

Did you hear the story about the GMO that nearly destroyed the world?

Which diet is highest in ‘ultra-processed’ foods? Vegan tops list, sparking more nuanced conversation about UPFs

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‘One-and-done’ CRISPR gene therapy treatment could be lifetime cure for high cholesterol — but the FDA remains cautious

98% of the human genome: We are finally beginning to understand the mystery of ‘dark matter’ junk DNA

Treating epilepsy with a keto diet? Sounds far-fetched, but it can work

Gene Editing / CRISPR

Editing out diseases in the womb is a Holy Grail of the near future. But protecting embryos from unwanted damage during the process is proving a challenging hurdle

Editing out diseases in the womb is a holy grail on the horizon — but protecting embryos from unwanted damage is proving a challenging hurdle

Viewpoint: ‘The true promise of gene-editing isn’t in pitless cherries or vitamin fortified-foods but in the vast potential for treatment and cures of human disease’

Russia banned GMOs years ago to distinguish itself from the United States. What’s its current stance toward genetic engineering, CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques?

Why did Ellie in the Last of Us not succumb to Cordy, the zombie virus? Stem cells might explain it, and that could yield real-life vaccines

Why did Ellie in the Last of Us not succumb to Cordy, the zombie virus? Stem cells might explain it, and that could yield real-life vaccines

Next generation medicine: Will the people who most need gene therapy and gene-editing tools have access to them?

Million-dollar gene therapies offer salvation for many patients but pose financial challenges for government-funded health care systems

Health & Wellness

COVID air detector: ‘You can know essentially in real time, or every 5 minutes, if there is a live virus in the air’

COVID air detector: ‘You can know essentially in real time, or every 5 minutes, if there is a live virus in the air’

Rethinking sustainability: Does nutritional value of dairy products offset environmental impacts of milk production?

Aspartame spins the $25 billion Wheel of Mis-Fortune: How the environmental activist—tort lawyer money machine manipulates journalists, misleads policymakers and scares the public

New Breeding Techniques

Combining AI and CRISPR: Gene-edited hardwood trees increase carbon sink potential of deep forests

Combining AI and CRISPR: Gene-edited hardwood trees increase carbon sink potential of deep forests

Reframing debate over genetically-engineered produce of the future: Here’s why Gen Z is so critical

Celiac-safe wheat? Here’s how gene editing can eliminate crop allergens

Personal Genomics

What makes kin? DNA testing unlocks the remarkable story of a woman with three fathers

What makes kin? DNA testing unlocks remarkable story of a woman with three fathers

How does genetic makeup affect relationships with addiction?

How can we decrease risks of getting genetic-based diseases even if we carry potentially harmful genes?

Science of the Future

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Here’s how to capture carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — and why it’s so important

Artificial intelligence regulation gets off the ground in Europe. What can we expect?

What does the future of AI look like? 300 experts predict artificial intelligence landscape in 2035

Sustainability & Climate

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Downside of the amateur beekeeper craze: Honeybees are not endangered and raising them reduces food availability for native bee species

Combining AI and CRISPR: Gene-edited hardwood trees increase carbon sink potential of deep forests

Viewpoint: Queen of Green Social Justice or Reckless Green-Revolution Rejectionist — Who is the real Vandana Shiva?

Synthetic Biology

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Fact checking lab-grown meat rejectionists: No, animal cells used to make cultivated meat do not cause cancer

Dissecting claims that lab-grown meat can meaningfully help address climate change

What role could GMOs play in achieving sustainable biofuel?