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Sequestering carbon on a gigaton scale: How gene editing can address climate change by reducing atmospheric emissions

Sequestering carbon on a gigaton scale: How gene editing can address climate change by reducing atmospheric emissions

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GLP podcast and video: Curing deadly diseases with mRNA; COVID killed more Republicans than Democrats? WaPo promotes ‘acupuncture pseudoscience’

Cameron English, Liza Dunn

Viewpoint: From ‘Save the Whales’ to ‘Let Children Go Blind’: Greenpeace’s descent into science rejectionism

Viewpoint: From ‘Save the Whales’ to ‘Let Children Go Blind’: Greenpeace’s descent into science rejectionism

Henry Miller, Rob Wager

First synthetic human embryo to live past 14 days was made from stem cells

First synthetic human embryo to live past 14 days was made from stem cells

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Green transition: How agriculture can drive climate change solutions

We could use CRISPR to cure mental illness. Should we?

Insect-resistant Bt GMO crops have helped cut pesticide use. Now Nature is pushing back

Insect-resistant Bt GMO crops have helped cut pesticide use. Now Nature is pushing back

Can OpenAI prevent vaccine conspiracy theories from bubbling up in ChatGPT conversations?

Can OpenAI prevent vaccine conspiracy theories from bubbling up in ChatGPT conversations?

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than 'natural' organics

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than ‘natural’ organics

Kayleen Schreiber, Marc Brazeau

Why is it so difficult to find a treatment for Huntington’s Disease?

Why is it so difficult to find a treatment for Huntington’s Disease?

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Sequestering carbon on a gigaton scale: How gene editing can address climate change by reducing atmospheric emissions

Sequestering carbon on a gigaton scale: How gene editing can address climate change by reducing atmospheric emissions

fallacies

GLP podcast and video: Curing deadly diseases with mRNA; COVID killed more Republicans than Democrats? WaPo promotes ‘acupuncture pseudoscience’

Cameron English, Liza Dunn

First synthetic human embryo to live past 14 days was made from stem cells

First synthetic human embryo to live past 14 days was made from stem cells

Viewpoint: From ‘Save the Whales’ to ‘Let Children Go Blind’: Greenpeace’s descent into science rejectionism

Viewpoint: From ‘Save the Whales’ to ‘Let Children Go Blind’: Greenpeace’s descent into science rejectionism

Henry Miller, Rob Wager

farming climate change

Green transition: How agriculture can drive climate change solutions

We could use CRISPR to cure mental illness. Should we?

Insect-resistant Bt GMO crops have helped cut pesticide use. Now Nature is pushing back

Insect-resistant Bt GMO crops have helped cut pesticide use. Now Nature is pushing back

Can OpenAI prevent vaccine conspiracy theories from bubbling up in ChatGPT conversations?

Can OpenAI prevent vaccine conspiracy theories from bubbling up in ChatGPT conversations?

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than 'natural' organics

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than ‘natural’ organics

Kayleen Schreiber, Marc Brazeau

Why is it so difficult to find a treatment for Huntington’s Disease?

Why is it so difficult to find a treatment for Huntington’s Disease?

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Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than 'natural' organics

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than ‘natural’ organics

Most consumers believe organic farming avoids pesticides and prioritizes the health of the environment more than conventional farming. However, this ...

Food & Ag Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

Cost of GMO bans: Global crop assessment finds GMO restrictions limit food production to ⅓ of potential, with poorer countries hit hardest

Asger Wingender, Casper Hansen | American Economic Association

Canadian farmers abandon organic certification because approved ‘natural’ chemicals can’t control devastating grasshoppers

Karen Briere | Western Producer

Viewpoint: ‘China’s principal objective is to exploit Africa’s fertile plains in order to feed its massive population’

Kip Tom | National Interest

Genetically-modified crops poised to revolutionize sustainable farming in Nigeria

Collins Nnabuife | Nigerian Tribune

Growing crops without bees? Mini greenhouse pollination drones might do the trick

Sean Murphy | ABC News (Australia)

Human Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

‘Disneyfication’ of science? Examining claim that trees ‘talk’ to each other

Bård Amundsen | Science Norway

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic are changing how we think about health — but we still don’t know how they work

Gina Kolata | New York Times

Video: Are we slowly being poisoned by food, drugs, chemicals and cell phones? Time for a science check up

Viewpoint: Artificial wombs remain ‘nothing more than a developmentally naïve pipe dream’

Nicola Williams | News Medical

Viewpoint: ‘My body went haywire’ — One woman’s debilitating experience with long COVID

Madeline Miller | Washington Post

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Agricultural Laws & Regs

Viewpoint: 'China’s principal objective is to exploit Africa’s fertile plains in order to feed its massive population'

Viewpoint: ‘China’s principal objective is to exploit Africa’s fertile plains in order to feed its massive population’

Genetically-modified crops poised to revolutionize sustainable farming in Nigeria

Viewpoint: From ‘Save the Whales’ to ‘Let Children Go Blind’: Greenpeace’s descent into science rejectionism

Ancestry & Evolution

Viewpoint: Bringing the mammoth back — Is it time to slow down de-extinction mania?

Viewpoint: Bringing the mammoth back — Is it time to slow down de-extinction mania?

Infographic: Tree of Sex — Cataloging wild ways nature reproduces, from sex-changing fish to asexual lizards

Evolution of humor: Smiles are silent — so why do we hear laughter?

Biomedicine & Disease

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GLP podcast and video: Curing deadly diseases with mRNA; COVID killed more Republicans than Democrats? WaPo promotes ‘acupuncture pseudoscience’

Suffering from postpartum depression? Newly-approved drug works in as few as three days

American Academy of Pediatrics says it will review evidence on safety of gender care and surgery for children, but keeps current treatment recommendations

Biotech Communications

Viewpoint: 'China’s principal objective is to exploit Africa’s fertile plains in order to feed its massive population'

Viewpoint: ‘China’s principal objective is to exploit Africa’s fertile plains in order to feed its massive population’

GLP podcast and video: Curing deadly diseases with mRNA; COVID killed more Republicans than Democrats? WaPo promotes ‘acupuncture pseudoscience’

Viewpoint: From ‘Save the Whales’ to ‘Let Children Go Blind’: Greenpeace’s descent into science rejectionism

Brain / Neuroscience

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What explains Homo sapiens’ huge brains? Ancient climate change played a role

Why is it so difficult to find a treatment for Huntington’s Disease?

Viewpoint: What role can and should genetics play in understanding which people might become violent and commit crimes — and putting them in jail?

Chemicals & Pesticides

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Aspartame panic illustrates how scare-narratives can take root

Insect-resistant Bt GMO crops have helped cut pesticide use. Now Nature is pushing back

Viewpoint: ‘Sugar is a far more dangerous enemy’ — Dentist explains why banning aspartame in foods and drinks is a reckless idea

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than 'natural' organics

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than ‘natural’ organics

You can’t label it feta: Europe ignites food war with US, demanding that only cheeses produced in their origin region can use ‘historically trademarked’ names

Training our taste buds: How genes and diet shape our food preferences

The enemy of my enemy is my friend: How plants recruit predators to control pests

The enemy of my enemy is my friend: How plants recruit predators to control pests

‘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

Gene Editing / CRISPR

mRNA technology revolution: Battling sickle cell, aging and other tough-to-tackle diseases will soon be easier and cheaper

mRNA technology revolution: Battling sickle cell, aging and other tough-to-tackle diseases will soon be easier and cheaper

He Jiankui’s new gene editing experiment: China’s CRISPR baby scientist aims to prevent Alzheimer’s with similar — but safer — experiment

Biotechnology giant: Does China now lead the world in human and agricultural genetic engineering?

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

Viewpoint — ‘My body went haywire’: One woman’s debilitating experience with Long COVID

Viewpoint: ‘My body went haywire’ — One woman’s debilitating experience with long COVID

Which is safer to smoke: Marijuana or tobacco?

‘Blue leg syndrome’: Yet another long COVID health problem

New Breeding Techniques

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Green transition: How agriculture can drive climate change solutions

Reconstructing the ‘perfect’ watermelon: Returning ‘lost genes’ from wild relatives to modern fruit

Viewpoint: Scotland’s Green Party leads an “obstinate and visionless” opposition to sustainable gene edited crops while UK and Europe edge towards embracing agricultural science

Personal Genomics

DNA-solved cold cases: How effective has forensic genetic genealogy been over the years?

DNA-solved cold cases: How effective has forensic genetic genealogy been over the years?

‘Superman syndrome’: What happens if you have an extra Y chromosome?

7,000+ rare diseases remain untreatable. The genetic revolution and federal research funding offers hope for cures, but vaccine hesitancy and a lack of newborn screening pose hurdles

Science of the Future

Artificial wombs remain ‘Nothing more than a technically and developmentally naïve, yet sensationally speculative, pipe dream’

Viewpoint: Artificial wombs remain ‘nothing more than a developmentally naïve pipe dream’

Growing crops without bees? Mini greenhouse pollination drones might do the trick

Convergence of AI and synthetic biology: Developing industrial goods and better medicines

Sustainability & Climate

Canadian farmers abandon organic certification because approved ‘natural’ chemicals can’t control devastating grasshoppers

Canadian farmers abandon organic certification because approved ‘natural’ chemicals can’t control devastating grasshoppers

Genetically-modified crops poised to revolutionize sustainable farming in Nigeria

How gene editing can keep melons fresher for longer

Synthetic Biology

Could beanless brews redefine the coffee industry and sharply reduce its carbon footprint?

Could beanless brews redefine the coffee industry and sharply reduce its carbon footprint?

By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean. Here’s a ‘natural’ solution — genetically-modified plastic-eating microbes

Cutting-edge fashion: From bacteria-dyed fabric to algae-based textiles, green fashion is experiencing a technological boom