Genetic Literacy Project | Science Not Ideology

Skip to content

ABOUT GLP
TOPICS
GLP ARTICLES
- GLP Human Genetics
- GLP Food & Agriculture
SPECIAL SECTIONS
RESEARCH
WRITE FOR GLP
SEARCH
MENU

Newsletter
Donate

Newsletter Sign Up

SEARCH

ABOUT GLP
TOPICS
GLP ARTICLES
- GLP Human Genetics
- GLP Food & Agriculture
SPECIAL SECTIONS
RESEARCH
WRITE FOR GLP
SEARCH
MENU

GLP Features

screenshot at  am

With glyphosate under fire, scientists look for alternatives to the most effective — and safest — weedkiller in the world. It’s not going well

Andrew Porterfield, Jon Entine

screenshot at  am

Viewpoint: ‘Environmentalists are wrong on opposing technological tweaks to agriculture’: How activists undermine society’s need for more climate-adaptive sustainable farming

screenshot at  am

A timeline of artificial intelligence (AI), 1940s to today

Danielle Williams

imagefornews jpg

Fatigue in long COVID: The sinister gift that keeps on giving

rw a tool for sustainable land use management in rwanda homepage x

Viewpoint: Uncomfortable truth — ‘Organic farming takes too much land to have any chance to feed the world in a climate-changed environment’

Daniel Pearsall, Julian Little

updated v podcast home cameron and liza featured outlined

GLP podcast: Exposing nutrition myths and fact-checking Instagram ‘biohacking bros’ with Dr. Andrea Love

Andrea Love, Cameron English, Liza Dunn

green food environmental conc

Want to buy the most sustainable foods? Here’s why most food labeling regulations mislead consumers

Harriet Bartlett

screenshot at  pm

Viewpoint: Aftershocks from American Academy of Pediatrics attack on glyphosate—‘Misinformation about the genetic engineering of crops hinders the development of sustainable agriculture technologies’

usda agbiotech tree

Here’s how crop biotechnology is regulated in the United States

Viewpoint: Land sharing vs land sparing — Reevaluating farmland use in order to reach climate and biodiversity goals

Viewpoint: Land sharing vs land sparing — Reevaluating farmland use in order to reach climate and biodiversity goals

More Food & Agriculture Features

More Human Genetics Features

Featured Articles

screenshot at  am

With glyphosate under fire, scientists look for alternatives to the most effective — and safest — weedkiller in the world. It’s not going well

Andrew Porterfield, Jon Entine

screenshot at  am

Viewpoint: ‘Environmentalists are wrong on opposing technological tweaks to agriculture’: How activists undermine society’s need for more climate-adaptive sustainable farming

screenshot at  am

A timeline of artificial intelligence (AI), 1940s to today

Danielle Williams

imagefornews jpg

Fatigue in long COVID: The sinister gift that keeps on giving

rw a tool for sustainable land use management in rwanda homepage x

Viewpoint: Uncomfortable truth — ‘Organic farming takes too much land to have any chance to feed the world in a climate-changed environment’

Daniel Pearsall, Julian Little

updated v podcast home cameron and liza featured outlined

GLP podcast: Exposing nutrition myths and fact-checking Instagram ‘biohacking bros’ with Dr. Andrea Love

Andrea Love, Cameron English, Liza Dunn

green food environmental conc

Want to buy the most sustainable foods? Here’s why most food labeling regulations mislead consumers

Harriet Bartlett

screenshot at  pm

Viewpoint: Aftershocks from American Academy of Pediatrics attack on glyphosate—‘Misinformation about the genetic engineering of crops hinders the development of sustainable agriculture technologies’

usda agbiotech tree

Here’s how crop biotechnology is regulated in the United States

Viewpoint: Land sharing vs land sparing — Reevaluating farmland use in order to reach climate and biodiversity goals

Viewpoint: Land sharing vs land sparing — Reevaluating farmland use in order to reach climate and biodiversity goals

More Food & Agriculture Features

More Human Genetics Features

home module image

Agriculture

Crops / Food
Germline / Embryonic

Biomedicine / Health

Therapeutic / Stem Cell
Germline / Embryonic

Gene Drives / Pest Control

All Gene Drives

Infographics More...

skin microbiome x final

Infographic: Could gut bacteria help us diagnose and treat diseases? This is on the horizon thanks to CRISPR gene editing

Humans are never alone. Even in a room devoid of other people, they are always in the company of billions ...

Sustainable Weed Management

◼ Preventative weed management
◼ Biomonitoring fact sheet
◼ A guide to the safety and efficacy of crop chemicals

◼ Banned pesticides aren't causing kidney damage
◼ Trace pesticides in food don't pose risk
◼ Nobel Prize-winning biochemist defends GMOs

More Articles ❯

updated v podcast home cameron and liza featured outlined

GLP podcast: Exposing nutrition myths and fact-checking Instagram ‘biohacking bros’ with Dr. Andrea Love

Food & Ag Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

Viewpoint: As the worm turns — Don’t get your science from the guy who says a tapeworm ate his brain

David Zaruk | Firebreak

Bumble bees under increasing threat from climate change

Robyn White | Newsweek

Podcast: Indigenous people have been using biochar to fertilize soil for centuries. Could renewing this practice be a lasting solution for carbon sequestration?

Isabel Lima, Kate Grumke, Mary Louise Kelly | NPR

Agricultural science and organic farming: Time to change our trajectory

Andrew McGuire | Agricultural & Environmental Letters

Decline of dairy? Bird flu found in milk another factor in plummeting milk popularity

Yasmin Tayag | Atlantic

Human Daily Digest

News from Around the Web

Brain cancer vaccine? Researchers develop shot that reprograms body to fight deadly glioblastoma

University of Florida

Viewpoint: COVID vaccines have exceedingly rare but serious side effects. Why didn’t we listen to the people who had bad reactions?

Apoorva Mandavilli | New York Times

Viewpoint: ‘Real IVF industry regulation is long overdue. But consumer protection is not enough’

Emma Waters | New Atlantis

Cement has major environmental impacts. This new process could provide plentiful, energy-efficient carbon-negative building materials

James Dinneen | New Scientist

‘There is ‘a real possibility’ that reptiles, insects, octopuses and mammals have consciousness, scientists declare

Mariana Lenharo | Scientific American

home module image

Agriculture

Crops / Food
Germline / Embryonic

Biomedicine / Health

Therapeutic / Stem Cell
Germline / Embryonic

Gene Drives / Pest Control

All Gene Drives

GMO FAQs More...

science hand testtube x

Why is there controversy over GMO foods but not GMO drugs?

Genetic Literacy Project

international law x

How are GMOs labeled around the world?

Genetic Literacy Project

two types of breeding x

How does genetic engineering differ from conventional breeding?

Genetic Literacy Project

Videos More...

egg freezing series business main kh

Video: BBC uncovers massive deception by Britain’s ‘social egg freezing’ clinics

friends of the earth revised@ x

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

Bees & Pollinators More...

dead bee desolate city

Are we facing an ‘Insect Apocalypse’ caused by ‘intensive, industrial’ farming and agricultural chemicals? The media say yes; Science says ‘no’

Dissecting claims about Monsanto suing farmers for accidentally planting patented seeds

screenshot at  pm

Analysis: Do neonicotinoid and glyphosate pesticides threaten bees? A reassessment

updated v podcast home cameron and liza featured outlined

GLP podcast: Exposing nutrition myths and fact-checking Instagram ‘biohacking bros’ with Dr. Andrea Love

Most Popular

Is tilapia a human-made freak that we should avoid — or an evolutionary rockstar?
With glyphosate under fire, scientists look for alternatives to the most effective — and safest — weedkiller in the world. It’s not going well
How Freddie Mercury got his voice: It wasn’t his teeth
Does GMO corn increase crop yields? More than 20 years of data confirm it does — and provides substantial health and safety benefits
Agricultural science and organic farming: Time to change our trajectory
How common is incest? Rise of genetic testing reveals disturbing evidence
Viewpoint: ‘Environmentalists are wrong on opposing technological tweaks to agriculture’: How activists undermine society’s need for more climate-adaptive sustainable farming

GLP Library Search

Search the Library

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

glp search button

Ag Biotech Comms

rw a tool for sustainable land use management in rwanda homepage x

Viewpoint: Uncomfortable truth — ‘Organic farming takes too much land to have any chance to feed the world in a climate-changed environment’

GLP podcast: Exposing nutrition myths and fact-checking Instagram ‘biohacking bros’ with Dr. Andrea Love

Want to buy the most sustainable foods? Here’s why most food labeling regulations mislead consumers

Ag Gene Editing

d gp rwo pressmedia x

‘We are being left behind’: Here’s how gene editing can transform New Zealand’s agriculture

CRISPR crop gene editing benefits for agriculture highlighted in US Senate testimony

As Switzerland mulls ending ban on crop biotechnology, organic farmers and environmental NGOs intensify campaign against reform

Agricultural Regs & Ethics

farming usaid

Ghana approves fourteen GMO varieties — maize and 6 soybean — for planting and consumption, dismissing activists attempt to block innovation

Viewpoint: Unusual bedfellows—Sen John Fetterman offers support for Alabama’s and Florida’s ban on cell-based lab-grown beef while fellow Democrats slam Republicans who-back such measures as fear-promoting

Gene edited, low cost, ultra high-density protein soy greenlit for sale by USDA

Alternative Proteins

Viewpoint: Unusual bedfellows—Sen John Fetterman offers support for Alabama’s and Florida’s ban on cell-based lab-grown beef while fellow Democrats slam Republicans who-back such measures as fear-promoting

Viewpoint: Unusual bedfellows—Sen John Fetterman offers support for Alabama’s and Florida’s ban on cell-based lab-grown beef while fellow Democrats slam Republicans who-back such measures as fear-promoting

Microbe-made food: Solein pulls climate-friendly protein out of thin air — and they’re scaling up production

This vegan blue cheese blew Good Food Award competitors out of the water. Then the dairy industry lobbied to have them disqualified

Ancestry & Evolution

neanderthal mb d c

What might a Neanderthal woman look like? Here’s a digitally recreated face

Acorns, pine nuts, pistachios, oats: Here’s what people ate 15,000 years ago, before the dawn of agriculture

‘Competition between species has shaped our own evolutionary tree’: Human evolution works the ‘complete opposite’ way than most other animals

Artificial Intelligence

ai in scientific publishing

Is AI infiltrating scientific publishing? Rise of ‘suspicious’ tell words popping up in published papers

Viewpoint: Designing the future — ChatGPT-directed biotech breakthroughs will help us fight disease, feed the planet, generate energy, and capture carbon

AI and CRISPR converge: Artificial intelligence generates gene editing blueprints to solve host of previously untreatable diseases

Brain / Neuroscience

brain tumor vaccine cs

Brain cancer vaccine? Researchers develop shot that reprograms body to fight deadly glioblastoma

‘There is ‘a real possibility’ that reptiles, insects, octopuses and mammals have consciousness, scientists declare

What is ‘menopause brain’? Imaging shows dramatic structural changes in midlife that can impact behavior

Chemical Controversies

organic organic food food healthy preview

Agricultural science and organic farming: Time to change our trajectory

GLP podcast: Exposing nutrition myths and fact-checking Instagram ‘biohacking bros’ with Dr. Andrea Love

Viewpoint: Aftershocks from American Academy of Pediatrics attack on glyphosate—‘Misinformation about the genetic engineering of crops hinders the development of sustainable agriculture technologies’

screenshot at  am

Viewpoint: ‘Environmentalists are wrong on opposing technological tweaks to agriculture’: How activists undermine society’s need for more climate-adaptive sustainable farming

Podcast: Indigenous people have been using biochar to fertilize soil for centuries. Could renewing this practice be a lasting solution for carbon sequestration?

Viewpoint: Uncomfortable truth — ‘Organic farming takes too much land to have any chance to feed the world in a climate-changed environment’

about that apr mpx copy

Decline of dairy? Bird flu found in milk another factor in plummeting milk popularity

What is ‘menopause brain’? Imaging shows dramatic structural changes in midlife that can impact behavior

GLP podcast: Exposing nutrition myths and fact-checking Instagram ‘biohacking bros’ with Dr. Andrea Love

Human Gene Editing

updated v podcast home cameron and liza featured outlined

GLP podcast: Assessing the Cass report; Fetal genome surgery could treat disease during pregnancy; How ‘body-tracking data’ threatens privacy

AI and CRISPR converge: Artificial intelligence generates gene editing blueprints to solve host of previously untreatable diseases

Companies race to achieve pig kidney transplants. Who will be first to convince the world their technologies are safest?

Medical Misinformation

playful older couple x

Viewpoint: ‘The average American celebrates just one healthy birthday after the age of sixty-five. Longevity evangelists argue that it doesn’t have to be this way’

Is aging a ‘treatable disease’? Harvard geneticist faces accusations of ‘snake oil salesman’ as expert scientists refute claims

Fabricated and plagiarized data plague scientific research — and the impacts are far-reaching and long-lasting

Medical Regs & Ethics

dish

Viewpoint: ‘Real IVF industry regulation is long overdue. But consumer protection is not enough’

Is AI infiltrating scientific publishing? Rise of ‘suspicious’ tell words popping up in published papers

Emboldened by the growing vaccine rejectionism movement, opponents of fluoride ramp up their campaigns

Personalized Medicine

Personalized genetics key in increasing longevity and quality of life

Personalized genetic cancer treatments key in increasing longevity and quality of life

A genetic mutation that prevents Alzheimer’s? Columbian villager who ‘outlived’ early-onset Alzheimer’s may provide insights to disease treatment

Can this DNA test predict your chances of getting addicted to opioids? FDA approval stirs controversy

Synthetic Biology

Mascara and eyeliner are mostly made from crude oil or mined minerals. This algae-based alternative could reduce the carbon impact of many cosmetics

Mascara and eyeliner are mostly made from crude oil or mined minerals. This algae-based alternative could reduce the carbon impact of many cosmetics

Population growth, sustainability and the future of food

Viewpoint: Why recent setbacks won’t derail cultured meat revolution

Sustainability & Climate

www honeybeesuite

Bumble bees under increasing threat from climate change

Podcast: Indigenous people have been using biochar to fertilize soil for centuries. Could renewing this practice be a lasting solution for carbon sequestration?

Agricultural science and organic farming: Time to change our trajectory

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

About Us

Mission, Financial Transparency, Governance
Staff & Contributors
Boards
GLP Integrity Policies: Privacy, Conflicts of Interest, Verification, Fact-Checking Standards and Corrections
Fair Use of Articles & Images
Copyright
Donate
Manage Donations
Is the GLP a corporate ‘front’?
Contact

Topics

Daily Food & Agriculture
Daily Human
Ag Biotech Communications
Ag Gene Editing
Agricultural Regs & Ethics
Alternative Proteins
Ancestry & Evolution
Artificial Intelligence
Brain / Neuroscience
Chemical Controversies
Crops & Food
Health
Human Gene Editing
Medical Misinformation
Medical Regs & Ethics
Personalized Medicine
Synthetic Biology
Sustainability / Climate Change

GLP Articles

GLP Human Genetics
GLP Food & Agriculture

Special Sections

Bees & Butterflies
GLP Biotech Profiles
GMO Beyond the Science
GMO FAQs
Infographics
Pesticides and Food
Podcasts
Videos

Research

Search GLP Library
Search Infographics
Search Videos
Browse Authors
Browse Sources
GLP RSS Feeds

© 2012 - 2024 | GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT | Registered 501(c)(3). EIN: 52-1844456

GLP ARTICLES
- GLP Food & Agriculture
- GLP Human Genetics
TOPICS
SPECIAL SECTIONS
RESEARCH
ABOUT GLP

Newsletter Subscription

* indicates required

Email Address *

First Name

Last Name

Street Address

City

State

Zip

Country

Email Lists

Weekly Newsletter (Wed)
Daily Digest (Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri)
Weekly Top Six (Sun)

Daily Digest Interests

Featured Articles Only
Human Articles Only
Agriculture Articles Only
All Types of Content