Farmer’s viewpoint: BBC and other British media ‘continue to falsely imply that genetic engineering remains highly controversial and uncertain’

Farmer’s viewpoint: BBC and other British media ‘continue to falsely imply that genetic engineering remains highly controversial and uncertain’

Gordon Davidson | 
Phil Lodge, who farms on the outskirts of Doncaster, explained his reasons for taking part in the GM crop trials: ...
Viewpoint: Aspirational India — Embracing genetic modification in agriculture key to country’s ‘nutritional security’

Viewpoint: Aspirational India — Embracing genetic modification in agriculture key to country’s ‘nutritional security’

Shambhavi Naik | 
India has made stupendous strides in becoming self-sufficient in food, primarily driven by technological investments during the green revolution. Using ...
Viewpoint: Technology hypocrites? Greenpeace is far less ecological than it claims

Viewpoint: Technology hypocrites? Greenpeace is far less ecological than it claims

Geraldine Woessner | 
In July 2022, Greenpeace leaders deplored the inclusion of gas and nuclear in the European green taxonomy (this new classification ...
Environmental activist irony: Anti-chemical campaigners end up promoting higher food prices with few farming or health benefits

Environmental activist irony: Anti-chemical campaigners end up promoting higher food prices with few farming or health benefits

Stuart Smyth | 
ENGOs target chemicals judged safe by independent global regulatory bodies, such as glyphosate, but have no interest in restricting some ...
‘Science-denial playbook’: How the tobacco industry denied proof of smoking dangers for decades

‘Science-denial playbook’: How the tobacco industry denied proof of smoking dangers for decades

Bridget Huber | 
In The Playbook: How to deny science, sell lies and make a killing in the corporate world, Jennifer Jacquet, an associate ...
It’s the 25th anniversary of dystopian genetics movie Gattaca. Do scientists think it has survived the test of time?

It’s the 25th anniversary of dystopian genetics movie Gattaca. Do scientists think it has survived the test of time?

Hannah Docter-Loeb | 
This October marks the 25th anniversary of the film’s release. Ever since, the word Gattaca—made up of the letters that ...
Do British grocery shoppers want to try lab-grown meat? A deep dive into UK eating habits

Do British grocery shoppers want to try lab-grown meat? A deep dive into UK eating habits

Flora Southey | 
If lab-grown meat was authorised for commercialisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, would consumers be willing to eat it? ...
Better seeds and biotechnology can boost Africa’s crop productivity, study finds

Better seeds and biotechnology can boost Africa’s crop productivity, study finds

Joseph Maina | 
Though Africa has a quarter of the world’s arable land, its crop productivity falls well below the world average, particularly in ...
Viewpoint: Will late blight-proof GMO potatoes ever make it to Africa? Not if anti-biotech activists succeed in their scare campaigns

Viewpoint: Will late blight-proof GMO potatoes ever make it to Africa? Not if anti-biotech activists succeed in their scare campaigns

Dave Douches | 
Despite increased potato production and high-yield potential, yields in developing countries have not reached their full potential. Smallholder farmers often ...
Viewpoint: GMO and gene edited agricultural solutions will never gain traction if journalists continue to carry water for anti-biotechnology disinformation

Viewpoint: GMO and gene edited agricultural solutions will never gain traction if journalists continue to carry water for anti-biotechnology disinformation

Masami Kojima | 
Citizens' "vague sense of unease" about genetically modified (GM) crops and genome-edited foods will never be alleviated. Why?  ...
Most terminal cancer patients don’t fully grasp the severity of their prognoses. Why?

Most terminal cancer patients don’t fully grasp the severity of their prognoses. Why?

David Schultz | 
Doctors are often called upon to deliver bad news to patients, and there isn't much that's worse than a diagnosis ...
Repeating AIDS mistakes: Framing monkeypox as a ‘LGBTQ-only virus’ could lead to a wider spread of the disease

Repeating AIDS mistakes: Framing monkeypox as a ‘LGBTQ-only virus’ could lead to a wider spread of the disease

Rae Lewis-Thornton | 
As HIV/AIDS surged in previous decades, the government scrambled to address the strange illness that seemed to afflict mostly men ...
Is any agriculture method 'ecologically sustainable'? A biologist’s perspective

Is any agriculture method ‘ecologically sustainable’? A biologist’s perspective

Alvaro Bayon | 
If we define “ecological” as that act or activity that is carried out without causing a negative impact on the ...
Viewpoint: Why the COVID-19 lab leak theory refuses to die

Viewpoint: Why the COVID-19 lab leak theory refuses to die

David Gorski | 
Ever since the coronavirus now known as SARS-CoV-2 was first identified as the cause of an outbreak of a mysterious ...
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Glyphosate traces in breast milk? Weedkiller causes neurological disorders? How activists leverage social media to distort science and spread bogus health concerns

Kevin Folta | 
Shocking accounts of health dangers selectively presented from peer-reviewed science articles regularly invade Twitter. It’s the stock-in-trade of technology rejectionists ...
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Revising my genetics textbook: A PC exercise or an appropriate evolution of science and sensitivity? Or both.

Ricki Lewis | 
Beyoncé is facing a lot of criticism for using an ableist slur in her new co-written song Renaissance. She used ...
Viewpoint: Non-GMO Project promotes genetically-modified seedless watermelon

Viewpoint: Non-GMO Project promotes genetically-modified seedless watermelon

Cameron English | 
As summer grinds on, the Non-GMO Project is here to reassure consumers that seedless watermelon is not genetically modified. “Are ...
Lax peer review + social media + confusing and misinterpreted data: Why so many COVID-era studies presented incomplete science

Lax peer review + social media + confusing and misinterpreted data: Why so many COVID-era studies presented incomplete science

Ricki Lewis | 
The pandemic has upended many practices, among them peer review of technical medical and scientific articles. Lax peer review + ...
Investigation Part I: Growing fraud threatens trust in organic food industry, says South Dakota News

Investigation Part I: Growing fraud threatens trust in organic food industry, says South Dakota News

Bart Pfankuch | 
Kent Duane Anderson of Belle Fourche made $71 million in fraudulent income by selling thousands of tons of conventionally grown ...
Can we learn? How Israel — a world leader in handling COVID — is ramping up to deal with monkeypox

Can we learn? How Israel — a world leader in handling COVID — is ramping up to deal with monkeypox

Allyson Horn | 
Despite having recorded only 125 cases of the disease, Israeli health authorities have taken the unusual approach of securing 10,000 ...
Viewpoint: For centuries, grain yields remained stagnant — but they have tripled since 1960. We can thank biotechnology innovations

Viewpoint: For centuries, grain yields remained stagnant — but they have tripled since 1960. We can thank biotechnology innovations

Eben Bayer | 
For centuries, yields for crops like corn remained relatively steady. Everything changed in the middle of the 20th century ...
COVID disruptions and anti-vaccination fervor drops global child vaccination rates to 30-year low

COVID disruptions and anti-vaccination fervor drops global child vaccination rates to 30-year low

Giorgia Guglielmi | 
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, global childhood vaccinations have experienced the largest sustained decline in about 30 years, ...
Coming down with monkeypox comes with a stigma. Here's how to talk about the virus

Coming down with monkeypox comes with a stigma. Here’s how to talk about the virus

Juliana Kim | 
As places like San Francisco and New York state declare the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, there's a major ...
Viewpoint: No, chemicals are not making you fat—Environmental Working Group gets the science wrong yet again

Viewpoint: No, chemicals are not making you fat—Environmental Working Group gets the science wrong yet again

Cameron English | 
The activists at Environmental Working Group (EWG) consistently butcher the science on a variety of consumer health issues. They're wrong about ...
'Racist overtones': Renaming ’monkeypox’ runs into headwinds

‘Racist overtones’: Renaming ’monkeypox’ runs into headwinds

Helen Branswell | 
Since the earliest days of the current global monkeypox outbreak, scientists and public health authorities have been calling for the ...
‘Feed Your Mind’: FDA releases guide on GMOs, emphasizing their safety, sustainability and occasional nutritional advantages

‘Feed Your Mind’: FDA releases guide on GMOs, emphasizing their safety, sustainability and occasional nutritional advantages

GMO foods have been available to consumers since the early 1990s. Since then, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ...
African leaders voice support for GMOs

African leaders voice support for GMOs

Joseph Maina | 
As African governments ponder the fate of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), prominent leaders across the continent have openly expressed support ...
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