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Does Monsanto sue farmers who save patented seeds or mistakenly grow GMOs?

Viewpoint: Did men evolve to be better athletes than women? Here’s a rethink

Viewpoint: Did men evolve to be better athletes than women? Here’s a rethink

GLP Podcast: End climate 'alarmism'; FDA vs kratom; Is 'GMO' ice cream dangerous? Nope

GLP Podcast: End climate ‘alarmism’; FDA vs kratom; Is ‘GMO’ ice cream dangerous? Nope

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

Genetically engineered trees offer dual sustainability benefits: Carbon sequestration boosts and the ability to grow more trees on less land

Genetically engineered trees offer dual sustainability benefits: Carbon sequestration boosts and the ability to grow more trees on less land

Uganda’s costly dithering on GMOs

Uganda’s costly dithering on GMOs

Coronaviruses thrive in animals. Could a far more lethal COVID variant emerge in pets?

Coronaviruses thrive in animals. Could a far more lethal COVID variant emerge in pets?

Kenya opens the door to GMO cultivation

Kenya opens the door to GMO cultivation

COVID vaccine and mask guidance confusion? Why we should cut the CDC some slack — It’s the norm when dealing with fast-evolving disease crises

COVID vaccine and mask guidance confusion? Why we should cut the CDC some slack — It’s the norm when dealing with fast-evolving disease crises

Infographic: Does glyphosate (aka RoundUp) cause cancer? 18 of 19 global regulatory and chemical oversight agencies say 'no' while one presents equivocal data

Infographic: Does glyphosate (aka RoundUp) cause cancer? 18 of 19 global regulatory and chemical oversight agencies say ‘no’ while one presents equivocal data

Genetic Literacy Project

Baby talk: What we can learn from bats about how human moms and babies communicate

Baby talk: What we can learn from bats about how human moms and babies communicate

Ahana Aurora Fernandez

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Viewpoint: Did men evolve to be better athletes than women? Here’s a rethink

Viewpoint: Did men evolve to be better athletes than women? Here’s a rethink

planting gmo seeds x

Does Monsanto sue farmers who save patented seeds or mistakenly grow GMOs?

Genetically engineered trees offer dual sustainability benefits: Carbon sequestration boosts and the ability to grow more trees on less land

Genetically engineered trees offer dual sustainability benefits: Carbon sequestration boosts and the ability to grow more trees on less land

GLP Podcast: End climate 'alarmism'; FDA vs kratom; Is 'GMO' ice cream dangerous? Nope

GLP Podcast: End climate ‘alarmism’; FDA vs kratom; Is ‘GMO’ ice cream dangerous? Nope

Cameron English, Kevin Folta

Uganda’s costly dithering on GMOs

Uganda’s costly dithering on GMOs

Coronaviruses thrive in animals. Could a far more lethal COVID variant emerge in pets?

Coronaviruses thrive in animals. Could a far more lethal COVID variant emerge in pets?

Kenya opens the door to GMO cultivation

Kenya opens the door to GMO cultivation

COVID vaccine and mask guidance confusion? Why we should cut the CDC some slack — It’s the norm when dealing with fast-evolving disease crises

COVID vaccine and mask guidance confusion? Why we should cut the CDC some slack — It’s the norm when dealing with fast-evolving disease crises

Infographic: Does glyphosate (aka RoundUp) cause cancer? 18 of 19 global regulatory and chemical oversight agencies say 'no' while one presents equivocal data

Infographic: Does glyphosate (aka RoundUp) cause cancer? 18 of 19 global regulatory and chemical oversight agencies say ‘no’ while one presents equivocal data

Genetic Literacy Project

Baby talk: What we can learn from bats about how human moms and babies communicate

Baby talk: What we can learn from bats about how human moms and babies communicate

Ahana Aurora Fernandez

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GLP Podcast: End climate 'alarmism'; FDA vs kratom; Is 'GMO' ice cream dangerous? Nope

GLP Podcast: End climate ‘alarmism’; FDA vs kratom; Is ‘GMO’ ice cream dangerous? Nope

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | September 16, 2021

GLP Podcast: Climate change enhances farming? Lawyers target paraquat; NYT vs anti-GMO groups

GLP Podcast: Climate change enhances farming? Lawyers target paraquat; NYT vs anti-GMO groups

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | September 9, 2021

Food & Ag Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

Viewpoint: ‘Lots of pain for little environmental gain’ — EU Farm to Fork strategy would reduce yields by 15%, cutting farmer incomes and increasing imports

As the dairy industry inches toward adopting ‘regenerative agriculture’ practices, tensions emerge between large-scale operations and anti-corporate purists

Gosia Wozniacka | Civil Eats

Zimbabwean farmers push for GMO cotton approval after South Africa, Sudan, Botswana, Malawi and Burkina Faso see increased outputs and poverty reduction

Victor Bhoroma | Zimbabwe Independent

Viewpoint: Meta-review of 266 studies concludes weedkiller paraquat doesn’t cause Parkinson’s disease

Douglas Weed | NeuroToxicology

Viewpoint: Sri Lanka economic crisis deepens as recently-imposed chemical fertilizer ban stirs inflation in a country already suffering from the pandemic

Vivian Fernandes | Federal

Wind-proof corn? New hybrid variety withstands 100 mile per hour winds, helping crops survive unpredictable and extreme weather

Matthew Wilde | Progressive Farmer

Human Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

‘Junk DNA’: The 98% of the human genome that does not encode proteins is often called useless — but the reality is more complicated

Jake Buehler | Quanta

‘It’s all in your head’: Do thinking and feeling really happen in the brain?

Joe Gough | Aeon

Biologically-modified seaweed could be an ideal eco-friendly plastic packaging alternative

Emily Holbrook | Environment and Energy Leader

Obesity, epilepsy, fatty liver and sleep disorders genetically linked to ADHD in adults

Siw Ellen Jakobsen | Science Norway

Viewpoint: ‘Mammoth debacle’ — The not-so-encouraging backstory to George Church’s $15 million start-up hoping to resurrect the extinct wooly mammoth

Jerry Coyne | Why Evolution Is True

Infographic: Growing human embryos — How long should researchers watch human development play out in a dish?

Kendall Powell | Nature

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GLP Library Search

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Agricultural Laws & Regs

Zimbabwean farmers push for GMO cotton approval after South Africa, Sudan, Botswana, Malawi and Burkina Faso see increased outputs and poverty reduction

Zimbabwean farmers push for GMO cotton approval after South Africa, Sudan, Botswana, Malawi and Burkina Faso see increased outputs and poverty reduction

Viewpoint: Sri Lanka economic crisis deepens as recently-imposed chemical fertilizer ban stirs inflation in a country already suffering from the pandemic

Uganda’s costly dithering on GMOs

Ancestry & Evolution

Virgin birth? It’s actually been observed in about 80 vertebrate species, and most recently, in sharks

Virgin birth? It’s actually been observed in about 80 vertebrate species, and most recently, in sharks

Why did humans develop sophisticated language skills while our ancestral cousins, chimpanzees, did not? Studying childbirth could provide clues

Baby talk: What we can learn from bats about how human moms and babies communicate

Biomedicine & Disease

There are still no approved and effective therapies for thousands of ‘long haul’ COVID patients

There are still no approved and effective therapies for thousands of ‘long haul’ COVID patients

COVID vaccine confusion: Why is there so much conflicting advice about if and when to get a booster shot?

Coronaviruses thrive in animals. Could a far more lethal COVID variant emerge in pets?

Biotech Communications

COVID vaccine confusion: Why is there so much conflicting advice about if and when to get a booster shot?

COVID vaccine confusion: Why is there so much conflicting advice about if and when to get a booster shot?

Musician Nicki Minaj hesitates to get a COVID vaccine because it ‘caused a friend of a friend to become impotent’. Let’s review the evidence

Viewpoint: ‘Nature fetishism’ — Affluent Westerners increasingly reject science, spreading unwarranted suspicions about nuclear energy, biotech-modified seeds and vaccines

Brain / Neuroscience

Obesity, epilepsy, fatty liver and sleep disorders genetically linked to ADHD in adults

Obesity, epilepsy, fatty liver and sleep disorders genetically linked to ADHD in adults

To learn, our brain cells routinely break and rebuild DNA. That insight is sparking a rethink of disease and aging

Automaticity: Why the health benefits of mindfulness are limited and why mindlessness is sometimes better

Chemicals & Pesticides

Viewpoint: Sri Lanka economic crisis deepens as recently-imposed chemical fertilizer ban stirs inflation in a country already suffering from the pandemic

Viewpoint: Sri Lanka economic crisis deepens as recently-imposed chemical fertilizer ban stirs inflation in a country already suffering from the pandemic

Sri Lanka’s plan to go ‘all organic’ and end use of synthetic chemicals leaves staple tea industry in ‘complete disarray’

Viewpoint: ‘Neonicotinoids and other seed treatments are a precise tool and critical component of safe, integrated pest management practices’ — American Seed Association challenges ‘misunderstandings’

For the first time, India opens gates to imported GM farm products for use as animal feed

For the first time, India opens gates to imported GM farm products for use as animal feed

Viewpoint: Why criticism of the Green Revolution is misplaced

Reducing meat consumption to tackle climate change: What role will Africa play?

How tall will your children be? Here are the nature versus nurture factors

How tall will your children be? Here are the nature versus nurture factors

‘Genetic pain’: Prince Harry’s comments stir controversial debate over whether we can inherit our parents’ traumas

CRISPRoff: Gene editing epigenetic method allows researchers to turn most genes in the human genome on and off without altering DNA sequences

Gene Editing / CRISPR

DNA in space: First CRISPR gene-editing study by astronauts opens door to future experimentation

DNA in space: First CRISPR gene-editing study by astronauts opens door to future experimentation

CRISPR opens the door to altering nature. What could go right — and wrong?

CRISPR, fluorescent proteins, optogenetics: Three life-enhancing technologies inspired by nature

‘Optogenetics’ miracle? Gene therapy and high-tech goggles partially restore sight to man blinded for 40 years

‘Optogenetics’ miracle? Gene therapy and high-tech goggles partially restore sight to man blinded for 40 years

Is science finally getting gene therapy right in the effort to fight intractable diseases?

Infographic: Gene therapy drugs that silence the effects of faulty genes could help tackle Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative diseases

Health & Wellness

Viewpoint: Meta-review of 266 studies concludes weedkiller paraquat doesn’t cause Parkinson’s disease

Viewpoint: Meta-review of 266 studies concludes weedkiller paraquat doesn’t cause Parkinson’s disease

‘It’s all in your head’: Do thinking and feeling really happen in the brain?

Each half portion of beef you swap out could add 48 minutes to your life — and cut your meal’s carbon footprint by one third

New Breeding Techniques

While Africa seeks to harmonize crop biotechnology regulations, activists ‘corporate infiltration’ narrative

While Africa seeks to harmonize crop biotechnology regulations, activists ‘corporate infiltration’ narrative

Just one gene could restore the American chestnut — a tree that reckless humans once all but destroyed

Growing food security challenges in Africa opening regulatory doors, softening opposition to game-changing CRISPR crop editing

Personal Genomics

Feel refreshed on just 5 hours of rest per night? Some people are blessed with ‘short sleep’ genes

Feel refreshed on just 5 hours of rest per night? Some people are blessed with ‘short sleep’ genes

Viewpoint: Can parents select for healthier children? A new tool for predicting polygenic traits kicks off a fierce debate

Centenarians have unique genetic characteristics. Here’s why studying them might help us solve the mystery of longevity

Science of the Future

Wind-proof corn? New hybrid variety withstands 100 mile per hour winds, helping crops survive unpredictable and extreme weather

Wind-proof corn? New hybrid variety withstands 100 mile per hour winds, helping crops survive unpredictable and extreme weather

Major disruption: Conventional meat and dairy businesses face serious challenges as alternative innovations blossom

‘Waste can be reimagined as a resource’: How insects are making trash sustainable

Sustainability / GreenGenes

As the dairy industry inches toward adopting ‘regenerative agriculture’ practices, tensions emerge between large-scale operations and anti-corporate purists

As the dairy industry inches toward adopting ‘regenerative agriculture’ practices, tensions emerge between large-scale operations and anti-corporate purists

Zimbabwean farmers push for GMO cotton approval after South Africa, Sudan, Botswana, Malawi and Burkina Faso see increased outputs and poverty reduction

Biologically-modified seaweed could be an ideal eco-friendly plastic packaging alternative

Synthetic Biology

Cheese without the cow? Lactose-intolerant Shell engineer developing gene-edited soybean-based ‘cheese’ that stretches, tastes and toasts just like the real thing

Cheese without the cow? Lactose-intolerant Shell engineer developing gene-edited soybean-based ‘cheese’ that stretches, tastes and toasts just like the real thing

Viewpoint: OMG! GMO! Killer ice cream? Here’s the latest in anti-biotechnology hysteria

‘We’re successful when our steaks are served at a diner in rural Kansas’: Can mushrooms replicate the taste and texture of animal meat?