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2026 Credibility and Reputation Report

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Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker

Our interactive GLP global map explains the status of each country’s regulations for human and agricultural gene editing and gene drives.

GLP 2021 Annual Report

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Viewpoint: Wellness movement activists reposition nicotine from a killer addictive drug into a cure-all for brain ills

Viewpoint: Wellness movement activists reposition nicotine from a killer addictive drug into a cure-all for brain ills

Hasmeena Kathuria

The kooky logic behind the raft of spurious cancer claims from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The kooky logic behind the raft of spurious cancer claims from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Adam Stein, Deric Tilson

‘They misunderstand science’: Research attempting to tie autism to changes in the gut microbiome comes under fire

‘They misunderstand science’: Research attempting to tie autism to changes in the gut microbiome comes under fire

Viewpoint: Food cults: Online ‘nutrition communities’ can pose unique dangers

Viewpoint: Food cults: Online ‘nutrition communities’ can pose unique dangers

GLP Features

The kooky logic behind the raft of spurious cancer claims from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The kooky logic behind the raft of spurious cancer claims from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Adam Stein, Deric Tilson

Viewpoint: Wellness movement activists reposition nicotine from a killer addictive drug into a cure-all for brain ills

Viewpoint: Wellness movement activists reposition nicotine from a killer addictive drug into a cure-all for brain ills

Hasmeena Kathuria

‘They misunderstand science’: Research attempting to tie autism to changes in the gut microbiome comes under fire

‘They misunderstand science’: Research attempting to tie autism to changes in the gut microbiome comes under fire

Viewpoint: Food cults: Online ‘nutrition communities’ can pose unique dangers

Viewpoint: Food cults: Online ‘nutrition communities’ can pose unique dangers

Viewpoint: Even lousy scientific articles can shield authors when they hype dubious health claims and products

Viewpoint: Even lousy scientific articles can shield authors when they hype dubious health claims and products

Barbara Pfeffer Billauer

Viewpoint: Chipotle-inspired lesson: 10,000 sick customers suggest that processed foods can be safer than fresh ones

Viewpoint: Chipotle-inspired lesson: 10,000 sick customers suggest that processed foods can be safer than fresh ones

Chuck Dinerstein

Facts & Fallacies podcast: America's health care system is broken. A doctor explains how to fix it

Facts & Fallacies podcast: America’s health care system is broken. A doctor explains how to fix it

Cameron English, Liza Lockwood

The exploding controversy over AI’s built-in survival drive

The exploding controversy over AI’s built-in survival drive

Viewpoint: SCOTUS poised to address First Amendment tension between mandatory vaccines, children’s health and religious freedom

Viewpoint: SCOTUS poised to address First Amendment tension between mandatory vaccines, children’s health and religious freedom

Viewpoint: Activist environmental NGOs are turning from public funding to activist billionaires to support their campaigns. It won’t end well.

Viewpoint: Activist environmental NGOs are turning from public funding to activist billionaires to support their campaigns. It won’t end well.

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Infographic: Global regulatory and health research agencies on whether glyphosate causes cancer

Infographic: Global regulatory and health research agencies on whether glyphosate causes cancer

Does glyphosate—the world's most heavily-used herbicide—pose serious harm to humans? Is it carcinogenic? Those issues are of both legal and ...

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A New Transparency Tool from the Genetic Literacy Project

Who is David and who is Goliath in the lobbying battle over agricultural biotechnology? Activists? Agro-business? In a commitment to transparency, the GLP has mined 5 years of data to help the public understand the funding network that shapes the biotechnology debate.

Explore donor and recipient interactive maps

Science Literacy Project Daily Digest

Science Controversies in the Media

No, GMO foods do not “damage genes, natural disposition and hormones, or decrease physical health and intelligence”

Agence France-Presse (AFP)

The genetics of personality

‘Why do we keep falling for this stuff?’ America’s love affair with snake oil salesmen and scams

Los Angeles Times

Trump finalizes Medicare drug price cuts, drawing Big Pharma’s fury and a legal challenge

Wall Street Journal

Jay Clayton controversy: The divisive history of Trump’s newly-appointed AI czar

Combating ‘narrative distortion’: Will pharma companies step up to challenge health misinformation?

At anti-vaccine MAHA conference, RFK Jr. pledges to unify federal health information and combat vaccine safety ‘misinformation’

Non-browning CRISPR gene-edited bananas move one step closer to British markets

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Viewpoint: Wellness movement activists reposition nicotine from a killer addictive drug into a cure-all for brain ills

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Jay Clayton controversy: The divisive history of Trump’s newly-appointed AI czar

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Trump finalizes Medicare drug price cuts, drawing Big Pharma’s fury and a legal challenge

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Viewpoint: Food cults: Online ‘nutrition communities’ can pose unique dangers

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No, GMO foods do not “damage genes, natural disposition and hormones, or decrease physical health and intelligence”

‘Why do we keep falling for this stuff?’ America’s love affair with snake oil salesmen and scams

The genetics of personality

The kooky logic behind the raft of spurious cancer claims from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Trump finalizes Medicare drug price cuts, drawing Big Pharma’s fury and a legal challenge

Viewpoint: Wellness movement activists reposition nicotine from a killer addictive drug into a cure-all for brain ills

Jay Clayton controversy: The divisive history of Trump’s newly-appointed AI czar

Combating ‘narrative distortion’: Will pharma companies step up to challenge health misinformation?

At anti-vaccine MAHA conference, RFK Jr. pledges to unify federal health information and combat vaccine safety ‘misinformation’

Non-browning CRISPR gene-edited bananas move one step closer to British markets

GLP Library Search

The GLP Library contains over 37,000 articles—it is among the largest online repositories of articles about science communication.

Ag Biotech Comms

Ag Gene Editing

Agricultural Regs & Ethics

Alternative Proteins

Ancestry & Evolution

Newly approved GMO chestnut trees planted across from the White House are stirring debate

Newly approved GMO chestnut trees planted across from the White House are stirring debate

We are entering a new era of personalized medicine—if you’re white

Facts & Fallacies podcast: The ‘woke’ crusade against anthropology? Dr. Elizabeth Weiss

Artificial Intelligence

Jay Clayton controversy: The divisive history of Trump’s newly-appointed AI czar

Jay Clayton controversy: The divisive history of Trump’s newly-appointed AI czar

Here are all the ways CRISPR gene editing is transforming Africa’s staple crops—and there’s a lot more innovation to come

Energy-sucking data centers are unpopular across the political spectrum. Could moving them into space change the equation?

Brain / Neuroscience

Chemical Controversies

Viewpoint: How to ecologically damage America’s forests: Ban glyphosate

Viewpoint: How to ecologically damage America’s forests: Ban glyphosate

‘Glyphosate is not carcinogenic’: Independent EU chemical oversight agency reaffirms—for the 3rd time in 9 years—that the herbicide is safe-as-used

Bayer urges court to approve $7.25 billion Monsanto Roundup settlement that could limit its future liabilities

Viewpoint: Food cults: Online ‘nutrition communities’ can pose unique dangers

Viewpoint: Food cults: Online ‘nutrition communities’ can pose unique dangers

Non-browning CRISPR gene-edited bananas move one step closer to British markets

Here are all the ways CRISPR gene editing is transforming Africa’s staple crops—and there’s a lot more innovation to come

The genetics of personality

The genetics of personality

Trump finalizes Medicare drug price cuts, drawing Big Pharma’s fury and a legal challenge

Viewpoint: Wellness movement activists reposition nicotine from a killer addictive drug into a cure-all for brain ills

Human Gene Editing

Medical Misinformation

Medical Regs & Ethics

Personalized Medicine

Synthetic Biology

Sustainability & Climate

The kooky logic behind the raft of spurious cancer claims from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The kooky logic behind the raft of spurious cancer claims from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Here are all the ways CRISPR gene editing is transforming Africa’s staple crops—and there’s a lot more innovation to come

Energy-sucking data centers are unpopular across the political spectrum. Could moving them into space change the equation?