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Viewpoint: ‘Who gets to decide what causes harm?’ Why Nature’s new editorial guidelines are problematic
This new article in Nature Human Behavior Is well-intentioned, aiming to purge bigotry from science, but goes way over the ...
Viewpoint: No BuzzFeed, local food is not necessarily (or likely) more carbon-friendly
BuzzFeed News manages to make two mistakes here about food and the environment. One is the idea that if we ...
Viewpoint: ‘We are despoiling our planet’. Can we rescue humanity before it’s too late?
Our Earth has existed for 45 million centuries; and humans for a few thousand. But this century is the first ...
Viewpoint: Activists and radical ecologists publicize myth that ‘agrochemical lobbyists control global agriculture’
In the age of fake news and conspiracy theories, some find it seductive to assert that evil agrochemical lobbies would ...
Podcast: Glyphosate causes seizures? Fatigue and brain toxins; Why parents turn ‘anti-vaxx’
Does the weedkiller glyphosate cause convulsions? A study published last week seemed to support that conclusion, but there's much more ...
Viewpoint: The ’natural food’ sham — ‘Effective communication on the ethics of science may be hindered by appeals to naturalness’
What could be more natural than organically grown Golden Promise barley, used to make craft-brewed pale ale? ...
Chair of the Lancet’s COVID Commission — Jeffrey Sachs — believes US blocking real investigation of virus origins
Through his investigations as the head of the Lancet’s COVID-19 commission, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs has come to the conclusion that ...
Book review: ‘In Quest of the Historical Adam’ reviews tension between science and biblical accounts
In Quest of the Historical Adam is one of several books published in recent years that attempts to grapple with ...
Narcissists are more likely to fall for conspiracy theories. Why?
Previous research shows that people identified as narcissists – those with an inflated sense of their own importance, a lack ...
Gene editing could revive the American chestnut tree and help fight climate change — but familiar anti-biotechonology activist critics will have none of it
These trees once ruled the canopies of much of Appalachia, with billions of mature American chestnut trees that towered in ...
Viewpoint: Who is to blame for glut of science misinformation? Maybe in large part the scientific enterprise itself
It’s all too easy to make outsize claims that sidestep the process of peer review. No publication should carry a ...
US consumers view gene editing in a favorable light
Consumers in the United States are generally favorable to the use of gene editing in agriculture, a new survey by the ...
Viewpoint: Does ‘Big Ag’ promote GMOs as a backhanded way to peddle pesticides? Activist claims don’t withstand scrutiny
For more than two decades, anti-GMO groups have resorted to the same dishonest claims about the risks of genetically engineered ...
‘I found my people’: The path some parents travel to become anti-vaxxers
They waved signs that read “Defeat the mandates” and “No vaccines.” They chanted “Protect our kids” and “Our kids, our ...
Viewpoint: Study claims tweaking one gene could raise rice yields as much as 68%. Here’s why you should be cautious about believing it
Science Magazine recently published a paper in which Chinese scientists reported massive yield gains in rice, thanks to genetic engineering. The journal ...
Farmer’s viewpoint: BBC and other British media ‘continue to falsely imply that genetic engineering remains highly controversial and uncertain’
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’
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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?
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
As HIV/AIDS surged in previous decades, the government scrambled to address the strange illness that seemed to afflict mostly men ...
