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Cowspiracy? GMO OMG? Beware of misleading food ‘documentaries,’ ex-organic farmer warns
Not long ago, I spoke to a teacher who had recently shown Food, Inc. to her class, and she asked me my ...
‘Rethinking Monsanto’: Ex-GMO skeptic explains what he got wrong about Big Ag and the pitfalls of plant breeding
Beginning in 2010, I embarked on a slow-motion conversion from GMO skeptic to advocate as I began developing a more ...
Wealthy countries fear GM crops, while developing nations say they will ‘mostly help,’ poll shows
Up to 60 percent of people worldwide are worried the food they eat will harm them in the next two ...
Viewpoint: Uganda battles anti-GMO, anti-vaccine coalition agitating against COVID-19 immunization
A handful of activist groups are now working in tandem to undermine Uganda’s plans to inoculate its population against the ...
What I got wrong: GMO skeptic turned crop biotech advocate explains his ‘slow-motion conversion’
A recent open-heart surgery put my mind, as it might, on themes relating to mortality. Which got me thinking about ...
Video and Infographic: Pandemic response has sent trust in science soaring after years of faltering
The global pandemic has renewed trust in science. Our annual research shows that appreciation for science and trust in scientists ...
5 recommendations on cutting through the COVID social media ‘infodemic’
Here are five recommendations based on our research about medical misinformation at the Shorenstein Center: … Debunking every rumor, every ...
Are vaccines now in development safe? The companies making them uniformly won’t release data
It’s standard for drug companies to withhold details of clinical trials until after they are completed, tenaciously guarding their intellectual ...
Vaccine resistance remains high, as only 20% of Americans say they would ‘get the vaccine as soon as possible’
[Many registered voters] want to wait until [a COVID vaccine] has been available for a while to see if there ...
Viewpoint: Great Barrington Declaration arguing for herd immunity ‘takes page from denialist propaganda playbook’
When you’ve been examining pseudoscientific and quack claims for over two decades, you start to recognize patterns in the strategies ...
GM insect-resistant Bt cotton boosted India’s crop yields? Activist study says no, but crop biotech experts say yes
Was the introduction of transgenic (GMO) cotton seeds to India in 2002 the beginning of the renaissance of the country's ...
COVID is definitely airborne – Here’s what that means for you
The Centers for Disease Control revised its COVID-19 guidelines on [October 5] to include that the novel coronavirus can be spread through ...
Controversial Great Barrington ‘focused protection’ herd immunity declaration finds support at the White House
Many experts say “herd immunity” — the point at which a disease stops spreading because nearly everyone in a population ...
Final weeks to approval: NIH’s Anthony Fauci and FDA’s Peter Marks on what’s ahead before we can expect a safe COVID vaccine
As tens of thousands of people participate in phase 3 clinical trials on COVID-19 vaccine candidates, the focus is turning ...
‘Editing Humanity’: Kevin Davies’ new book on CRISPR, the ‘miracle of our age’
“The Crispr story has arrived for the grand telling as a miracle of our age,” the [MIT Technology Review announced ...
Podcast: Facebook vs junk science; ‘Brain-boosting’ supplements; Whole grains really healthy?
Alternative health champion Mike Adams has been banned from every social media platform but continues to spread his anti-GMO and ...
5 countries the US can learn from in how to address the fast-evolving coronavirus pandemic
Here is a list of five countries that had some of the best responses to tackling COVID-19. New Zealand ranks ...
Viewpoint: Greenpeace-funded study backfires, undermining case to treat gene-edited crops as GMOs
The anti-GMO movement dominated the public discourse about crop biotechnology for decades. Led by committed activists who knew how to ...
Trump’s osteopathic doctor Sean Conley’s willingness to withhold national security related information about president’s infection resurrects stigmas about DOs
[A]s Dr. Sean Conley, [D.O.] issued public updates on his treatment of Trump’s COVID-19, the questions and the insults about ...
