GLP Features Podcast: Glyphosate-tainted breakfast? Plant geneticist Kevin Folta debunks fear-based CBS Roundup report Kevin Folta Viewpoint: Neuroscientists cannot afford to ignore differences between male, female brains Aarthi Gobinath Podcast: Flower color, bees and biodiversity—how pollinators drive plant evolution Graihagh Jackson, Greg Mellers, Kat Arney, Wendy Bickmore Did you get a DNA ancestry kit for Father’s Day? Here are some things to consider before spitting in that vial Ricki Lewis Viewpoint: FDA must do more to protect consumers from ‘outright fraud’ of dietary supplements Henry Miller, Josh Bloom ‘Children killer’ glyphosate found in Cheerios? Experts dismantle Environmental Working Group’s herbicide food residue study Cameron English, Jon Entine Nigeria’s greenlighting of Bt insect resistant cotton and cowpeas may spur Africa’s acceptance of GMOs Steven Cerier Why popular image of autism as a male-dominated condition could hurt females Nicholas Staropoli ‘On the precipice of memory loss’: Pursuing better diagnostic tools for patients with CTE and other neurodegenerative disorders Elizabeth Svoboda Podcast: How farmers grow the 2.7 billion pounds of coffee we drink every year Steve Savage Browse GLP Food & Agriculture Browse GLP Human Genetics Featured Articles June 19, 2019 Podcast: Glyphosate-tainted breakfast? Plant geneticist Kevin Folta debunks fear-based CBS Roundup report Kevin Folta Viewpoint: Neuroscientists cannot afford to ignore differences between male, female brains Aarthi Gobinath Did you get a DNA ancestry kit for Father’s Day? 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