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Viewpoint: Why do some global cancer research agencies claim that using a cell phone (like drinking Diet Coke with aspartame) poses a cancer risk?

Viewpoint: Why do some global cancer research agencies claim that using a cell phone (like drinking Diet Coke with aspartame) poses a cancer risk?

Viewpoint: OMG, humans might suffer convulsions from consuming parts-per-trillion of glyphosate? Here's how wild headlines advance the ideological agenda of science-rejecting advocacy groups

Viewpoint: OMG, humans might suffer convulsions from consuming parts-per-trillion of glyphosate? Here’s how wild headlines advance the ideological agenda of science-rejecting advocacy groups

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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Viewpoint: OMG, humans might suffer convulsions from consuming parts-per-trillion of glyphosate? Here's how wild headlines advance the ideological agenda of science-rejecting advocacy groups

Viewpoint: OMG, humans might suffer convulsions from consuming parts-per-trillion of glyphosate? Here’s how wild headlines advance the ideological agenda of science-rejecting advocacy groups

Viewpoint: Why do some global cancer research agencies claim that using a cell phone (like drinking Diet Coke with aspartame) poses a cancer risk?

Viewpoint: Why do some global cancer research agencies claim that using a cell phone (like drinking Diet Coke with aspartame) poses a cancer risk?

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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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

Hunger and malnutrition are soaring in Africa. There is a helpful solution: GM crops

Ademola Adenle | Food For Mzansi

Feeding China’s gargantuan meat appetite releases gigatons of carbon. Could cultured meat address soaring demand and climate disruptions?

Liang Lei | Eco-Business

Viewpoint: What will it take for India to follow path blazed by so many developing countries and embrace GM crops?

P. Ananda Kuma | Deccan Herald

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

Human Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

Newest malaria vaccine protects 80% of vaccinated children — but accessibility remains major stumbling block in Africa

Tolani Yesufu | NPR

Out-of-body experiences explained: Here’s how the brain ‘creates’ your sense of physical self

Diana Kwon | Scientific American

Viewpoint: How ‘predictive AI’ is changing healthcare for the better

Leana Wen | Washington Post

‘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

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Agricultural Laws & Regs

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

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

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

Newest malaria vaccine protects 80% of vaccinated children — but accessibility remains major stumbling block in Africa

Newest malaria vaccine protects 80% of vaccinated children — but accessibility remains major stumbling block in Africa

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

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

Biotech Communications

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Viewpoint: What will it take for India to follow path blazed by so many developing countries and embrace GM crops?

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

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

Brain / Neuroscience

Out-of-body experiences explained: Here’s how the brain ‘creates’ your sense of physical self

Out-of-body experiences explained: Here’s how the brain ‘creates’ your sense of physical self

Can’t start your day without a cup of joe? Coffee’s energizing effects may be a placebo

What should you do when dogs have separation anxiety?

Chemicals & Pesticides

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

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.

Strawberries are often perfectly shaped, humongous and uniform — but the flavor leaves much to be desired. Genetic engineering could change that

Strawberries are often perfectly shaped, humongous and uniform — but the flavor leaves much to be desired. Genetic engineering could change that

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?

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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

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

Sustainability & Climate

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

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

Synthetic Biology

Future protein: ‘If meat-loving habits prove too hard to shift, the obvious solution is to replace meat with meat’

Future protein: ‘If meat-loving habits prove too hard to shift, the obvious solution is to replace meat with meat’

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