Science Facts & Fallacies Podcast
Kevin Folta is an agricultural geneticist at the University of Florida
Cameron English is Director of Bio-sciences at ACSH; formerly Genetic Literacy Project managing editor
From vaccine development to to GMO crops, biotech is revolutionizing medicine and farming. Sadly, misinformation is rampant among journalists and on the internet. Join us as we challenge the protagonists and explore the emerging science of human genetics, farming and food.Cameron English is Director of Bio-sciences at ACSH; formerly Genetic Literacy Project managing editor
Biotech Facts & Fallacies
Ever notice how the environmental movement’s doomsday predictions arrive like clockwork, each one as urgent as the last? Mass starvation, ...
Biotech Facts & Fallacies
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Biotech Facts & Fallacies
The greater the media hype around psychedelics, the more skeptical you should be. A perfect example of why this skepticism ...
Biotech Facts & Fallacies
The harder the government cracks down on a drug, the more deadly its illicit replacement that emerges from the black ...
Biotech Facts & Fallacies
It's a charge many scientists face: they post a factual tweet refuting common misinfo about vaccines, pesticides or some other ...
Biotech Facts & Fallacies
Spearheaded by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Norman Borlaug, the Green Revolution dramatically boosted food production in the middle of the ...
Biotech Facts & Fallacies
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Biotech Facts & Fallacies
Depending on whom you ask, the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans represent a significant step forward for public health—or they're ...
Biotech Facts & Fallacies
There's a dangerous mismatch between our biology and the tech-saturated world we inhabit—and it might be killing us. That's the ...