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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

‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

Susan Goldhaber

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

Should fossil fuel companies be shielded from lawsuits over climate change damage? The Supreme Court takes up the question

Should fossil fuel companies be shielded from lawsuits over climate change damage? The Supreme Court takes up the question

Patrick Parenteau

GLP Features

‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

Susan Goldhaber

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

Should fossil fuel companies be shielded from lawsuits over climate change damage? The Supreme Court takes up the question

Should fossil fuel companies be shielded from lawsuits over climate change damage? The Supreme Court takes up the question

Patrick Parenteau

‘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

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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

RFK Jr.’s plan to curb America’s appetite for ultra-processed foods and artificial dyes blocked by the White House

Wall Street Journal

Anti-vax Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton alleges conspiracy by doctors, drugmakers, and insurers to push childhood vaccination for profit

Hooked on kratom: The unregulated, natural, alcohol-free “social tonic” that is destroying lives

Rural revival or corporate windfall? Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill tax law opens the door to big breaks for data centers—but tech giants aren’t cashing in

Is organic farming really more sustainable? 100 recent studies say ‘no’

New Indian Express

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Science-Based Medicine

Jump-starting global warming: Rising temperatures are driving up emissions from wildfires, fermenting wetlands, and melting permafrost

Court links patient’s death to anti-vaccine doctor promoted by Kennedy’s Children’s Health Defense

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‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

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

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Rural revival or corporate windfall? Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill tax law opens the door to big breaks for data centers—but tech giants aren’t cashing in

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

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Jump-starting global warming: Rising temperatures are driving up emissions from wildfires, fermenting wetlands, and melting permafrost

RFK Jr.’s plan to curb America’s appetite for ultra-processed foods and artificial dyes blocked by the White House

Anti-vax Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton alleges conspiracy by doctors, drugmakers, and insurers to push childhood vaccination for profit

Hooked on kratom: The unregulated, natural, alcohol-free “social tonic” that is destroying lives

Rural revival or corporate windfall? Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill tax law opens the door to big breaks for data centers—but tech giants aren’t cashing in

‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

Is organic farming really more sustainable? 100 recent studies say ‘no’

Patches for sleep, weight, NAD+, energy, focus, periods. No evidence to support the latest social media wellness scams

Jump-starting global warming: Rising temperatures are driving up emissions from wildfires, fermenting wetlands, and melting permafrost

Court links patient’s death to anti-vaccine doctor promoted by Kennedy’s Children’s Health Defense

Should fossil fuel companies be shielded from lawsuits over climate change damage? The Supreme Court takes up the question

GLP Library Search

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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

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

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

Brain / Neuroscience

Chemical Controversies

Trump administration clears the way for speedy approvals of once-restricted tobacco vapes and pouches

Trump administration clears the way for speedy approvals of once-restricted tobacco vapes and pouches

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

‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

Is organic farming really more sustainable? 100 recent studies say ‘no’

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

Hooked on kratom: The unregulated, natural, alcohol-free “social tonic” that is destroying lives

Hooked on kratom: The unregulated, natural, alcohol-free “social tonic” that is destroying lives

‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

Patches for sleep, weight, NAD+, energy, focus, periods. No evidence to support the latest social media wellness scams

Human Gene Editing

Medical Misinformation

Medical Regs & Ethics

Personalized Medicine

Synthetic Biology

Sustainability & Climate

Is organic farming really more sustainable? 100 recent studies say ‘no’

Is organic farming really more sustainable? 100 recent studies say ‘no’

Jump-starting global warming: Rising temperatures are driving up emissions from wildfires, fermenting wetlands, and melting permafrost

Should fossil fuel companies be shielded from lawsuits over climate change damage? The Supreme Court takes up the question