Facts & Fallacies

We all crave sugar on occasion, and geneticists say they've found some of the genes that may have driven this ...

Does academic freedom protect professors who spread scientific nonsense online? The UK appears to be backtracking on a pesticide ban ...

People believe a lot of nonsense about food and farming; let's debunk the top-10 worst of these "truisms." The FDA ...

Researchers have developed a biosensor they say can monitor the activity of CRISPR gene editing in real-time. Synthetic biology is ...

The COVID-19 vaccines saved a lot of lives in 2021, but convincing some Americans to take them proved to be ...

The USDA's mandatory bioengineered food labels will begin to appear on many more products next month. What can consumers expect ...

A recent meta-analysis has alleged that the health risks linked to chemical exposure have doubled in the last five years ...

A new at-home dementia test may help predict your risk of cognitive impairment late in life, though some experts fear ...

Does Monsanto control the seeds Mexico's farmers can grow? No, but anti-GMO groups do. An increasing number of Americans don't ...

An expert advisory panel recently revised the decades-old recommendation to take aspirin daily to prevent a first heart attack or ...

Medicine is bowing to academia's "fashionable nonsense" surrounding a variety of important issues, and the consequences could be serious. Home ...

Many people simply refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Is their skepticism justifiable, or are they plagued by biases that ...

Poison Ivy plagues outdoor enthusiasts everywhere. Is a vaccine on the horizon? Exercise is great for your health, but a ...

Smokers appear to face a reduced risk of catching COVID-19. Does their deadly habit offer them some sort of protection? ...

Last week, high-profile anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva lectured (via zoom) at the University of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC). Amplifying the ...

CRISPR-edited, hypertension-fighting tomatoes are on sale in Japan. Dishonestly marketed supplements continue to evade FDA regulation. Why doesn't the agency ...

A new book outlines a method for changing the minds of "science deniers"—and it's terrible, according to a particularly harsh ...

If women have a right to abortion, does everyone else have a right to refuse a COVID shot? The "my ...

Human-caused climate is occurring, but the science community may be amplifying the public's skepticism with failed "alarmist" predictions. Is kratom ...

Climate change could boost crop yields in the coming decades, but pests enabled by the warmer temperatures may offset whatever ...

The evidence is in: genetic engineering promotes sustainable farming; vaccines save lives; and nuclear energy is our best hope of ...

Could a re-purposed smoking cessation drug help prevent the spread of SARS-COV-2? An increasing number of parents are screening their ...

Biotechnology has launched a revolution in food and medicine, but it can also be badly misused by governments and individual ...

A researcher who challenged the consensus on obesity was blasted in the media by her colleagues. Is this an example ...

The Philippines has finally approved Golden Rice, and Greenpeace is doing everything in its power to reverse the decision. A ...

For all the ills it brought, the COVID-19 pandemic may have helped revolutionize genetic sequencing. Human gene editing is fraught ...

Russia wants to produce allergen-free milk using animal gene editing. How much progress have they made? If you're bored with ...