Video: Kenyan crop geneticist examines myths and truths behind country’s decision to end ban on GM seeds and foods

Video: Kenyan crop geneticist examines myths and truths behind country’s decision to end ban on GM seeds and foods

Rose Mukonyo | 
The Kenyan government banned the importation and growing of GMO crops and products following a 2012 study by Prof Gilles-Eric Seralini of ...
Podcast: 'Botched' nutrition reporting; Alcohol abstinence boosts brain health; What causes acne?

Podcast: ‘Botched’ nutrition reporting; Alcohol abstinence boosts brain health; What causes acne?

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
Reporters continue to exaggerate the results of low-quality nutrition studies. Their desire to attract readers with dramatic headlines may be ...
Viewpoint: 'Pro-science lobby’? Europe’s continued failure to keep up with crop biotechnology innovation suggests a new approach is needed

Viewpoint: ‘Pro-science lobby’? Europe’s continued failure to keep up with crop biotechnology innovation suggests a new approach is needed

David Zaruk | 
In a recent Politico Brussels debate on the future of new plant breeding technologies within the EU’s Farm2Fork strategy, a ...
Viewpoint: ‘Environmentalists are wrong on technological tweaks to agriculture’: How activists undermine their credibility — and society’s need for more climate-adaptive sustainable farming

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

Stuart Smyth | 
Public concern about the environment has not always been part of the social conscience in North America. After all, European ...
Viewpoint: For agricultural biotech to flourish in Africa, food security must be balanced with preserving social traditions

Viewpoint: For agricultural biotech to flourish in Africa, food security must be balanced with preserving social traditions

In the Global North, the birthplace of these technologies, opposition has centred around the many unknowns about the safety, health ...
Viewpoint: ‘Regenerative’ is replacing ‘organic’ as the latest green farming fad. Here’s why the reality falls far short of the hype

Viewpoint: ‘Regenerative’ is replacing ‘organic’ as the latest green farming fad. Here’s why the reality falls far short of the hype

Cameron English | 
Politicians have a complicated relationship with science. When they think the evidence comports with their political goals, they love scientists ...
‘Public wasn’t consulted’? Kenya lifts decade-old ban on GMO crops challenged by Greenpeace, other activist groups

‘Public wasn’t consulted’? Kenya lifts decade-old ban on GMO crops challenged by Greenpeace, other activist groups

Cara Ann | 
Food security, consumer rights and biodiversity groups are protesting Kenya’s reversal of a ban on genetically modified foods, saying the public wasn’t ...
Viewpoint: COVID misinformation inspires sense of 'deja vu' for survivors of HIV/AIDS crisis

Viewpoint: COVID misinformation inspires sense of ‘deja vu’ for survivors of HIV/AIDS crisis

Cristian Apetrei | 
Since health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 cases, misinformation has spread just as quickly as the virus ...
Why some people resist taking potentially life-saving genetic tests for breast cancer

Why some people resist taking potentially life-saving genetic tests for breast cancer

Michelle Andrews | 
The past decade has witnessed a rapid expansion of genetic tests, including new instruments to inform patients who have been ...
Viewpoint: Can we trust corporate ‘regenerative farming’ pledges?

Viewpoint: Can we trust corporate ‘regenerative farming’ pledges?

Amanda Zaluckyj | 
People latch onto words and then casually throw them around like they know what it means. The most common — ...
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Viewpoint: Ideology not science — Here’s why NBC News’ factually inaccurate reporting on the ‘dangers’ of the weedkiller glyphosate sets a dangerous precedent

Jon Entine, Kevin Folta | 
What happens when an online information resource leans into clickbait? It’s annoying but generally harmless entertainment. When it’s a resource ...
University scientist challenges UN's IARC to embrace current science by evaluating chemicals using 'risk' not just 'hazard' standards

University scientist challenges UN’s IARC to embrace current science by evaluating chemicals using ‘risk’ not just ‘hazard’ standards

Samuel Cohen | 
The latest International Association for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monograph Program report on cancer hazards associated with firefighting work, which ...
Fact check: Associated Press debunks social media claims that GMO corn can cause cancer

Fact check: Associated Press debunks social media claims that GMO corn can cause cancer

Philip Marcelo | 
Social media users in recent days have falsely claimed genetically modified corn isn’t safe because it’s been found to cause ...
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Viewpoint: King Charles’ resistance to crop biotechnology has been a royal pain. Can the former ‘Dunce of Wales’ shuck organic propaganda and embrace sustainable agriculture?

Henry Miller | 
King Charles III has repeatedly demonstrated some of the pitfalls of the inbreeding that has plagued the royal families of ...
Viewpoint: How reporters regularly botch food nutrition studies

Viewpoint: How reporters regularly botch food nutrition studies

Cameron English | 
We've reached a point where you must assume everything the media says about nutrition is false. This is a drastic ...
Winning streak: After losing first 3 glyphosate-cancer cases, here's how Bayer has convinced juries in 5 recent cases that the weedkiller is not harmful to humans

Winning streak: After losing first 3 glyphosate-cancer cases, here’s how Bayer has convinced juries in 5 recent cases that the weedkiller is not harmful to humans

Patrick Thomas | 
Bayer is on a winning streak as it battles the remaining cases targeting its Roundup weedkiller, a change after several ...
Video: Viewpoint — Is challenging obese people to lose weight fat shaming?

Video: Viewpoint — Is challenging obese people to lose weight fat shaming?

Cameron English | 
Has the body positivity movement gone too far? That's the question Dr. Phil posed to me and five other panelists ...
Viewpoint: Lawyers spend hundreds of millions of dollars on pushing ‘inaccurate and baseless claims’ about common products like Roundup and talcum powder

Viewpoint: Lawyers spend hundreds of millions of dollars on pushing ‘inaccurate and baseless claims’ about common products like Roundup and talcum powder

Tiger Joyce | 
Plaintiffs’ lawyers are relying more and more on traditional and social media to bolster litigation, often pushing inaccurate and baseless ...
Viewpoint: Daily Wire’s Candace Owens rolls out ludicrous conspiracy diatribe vilifying mainstream media, COVID vaccines and Bill Gates’ biotechnology advocacy

Viewpoint: Daily Wire’s Candace Owens rolls out ludicrous conspiracy diatribe vilifying mainstream media, COVID vaccines and Bill Gates’ biotechnology advocacy

Candace Owens: This is a headline in Evie magazine. The World Economic Forum wants to make you allergic to beef ...
Viewpoint: Toxicologist explains why we should be grateful for chemicals — and the safety labels that come with them

Viewpoint: Toxicologist explains why we should be grateful for chemicals — and the safety labels that come with them

Michael Dourson | 
Everyone needs to drink dihydrogen monoxide (yep that’s water) or at least drink other fluids that contain a lot of ...
Larding the word ‘overweight’? Social activist post-modernists target ’obesity’ as unnecessarily judgmental

Larding the word ‘overweight’? Social activist post-modernists target ’obesity’ as unnecessarily judgmental

Cameron English | 
Once the social justice movement began its rampage through our culture, it was only a matter of time before it ...
Viewpoint: Media hypocrisy — ‘What makes oil companies’ climate change disinformation different from ‘backward progressives’ GMO rejectionist campaigns?’

Viewpoint: Media hypocrisy — ‘What makes oil companies’ climate change disinformation different from ‘backward progressives’ GMO rejectionist campaigns?’

Michael Lynch | 
The media often has difficulty deciding what counts as obvious disinformation or falsehoods. But supposed disinformation about climate change is ...
Viewpoint: Will King Charles abandon his kooky ideas about agriculture and help accelerate Britain's embrace of sustainable biotechnology tools?

Viewpoint: Will King Charles abandon his kooky ideas about agriculture and help accelerate Britain’s embrace of sustainable biotechnology tools?

Hank Campbell | 
England is in crisis. They lost a beloved figurehead this month but for decades prior were losing scientific ground. If ...
Health and wellness manipulation: 10 ways behavior-savvy companies sell their products

Health and wellness manipulation: 10 ways behavior-savvy companies sell their products

Nick Tiller | 
In an effort to cut through the noise and capture your limited attention, marketing companies often invoke the logical fallacy—an ...
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Nestle, General Mills, PepsiCo and other food companies have pledged support for regenerative agriculture. Is this a greenwashing campaign?

Sarah LaBrecque | 
According to a new report by the non-profit Forum for the Future, the regenerative agriculture movement in the U.S. has ...
Gender and consciousness: ‘If you woke up tomorrow without a body, would you be able to guess your gender?’

Gender and consciousness: ‘If you woke up tomorrow without a body, would you be able to guess your gender?’

Olivia Fane | 
Here’s a question I’ve been pitting to friends and family this last month: if tomorrow you woke up without a ...
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