The makers of the first corn genetically modified to be tolerant of drought said they are confident it will prove its value to farmers despite an environmental group’s charge that it provides only modest yield gains.
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Is tilapia a human-made freak that we should avoid — or an evolutionary rockstar? 
Viewpoint: Promotion of social science drivel by Science magazine editor-in-chief Holden Thorp undermines the credibility of his preeminent journal 
Viewpoint: Consumer Reports flunks Chemistry 101 — again — in scientifically illiterate, reckless data-manipulated claim that conventional produce poses ‘serious pesticide risks’ 
How Freddie Mercury got his voice: It wasn’t his teeth 
What was life like for Neanderthal women? 
Viewpoint: Uncomfortable truth — ‘Organic farming takes too much land to have any chance to feed the world in a climate-changed environment’ 
Marrying close relatives offers genetic risks and benefits for offspring 
Early Europeans closer to Neanderthals than expected 
Many high-functioning psychopaths live amongst us 
National Resource Defense Council reverses course, acknowledges ‘factory farms’ do not overuse antibiotics 
