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Blind precaution: Europe’s obsession with Precautionary Principle blocks agricultural innovation

David Zaruk | 
The EU has created a regulatory jungle, chocking agricultural innovation, by depending on the non-science based precautionary principle ...
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Progressive political commentator: Jill Stein’s anti-science views extend to GMOs

Chris Sosa | 
Green Party pandering for media attention has begun to take a more dangerous turn as Stein winks at dangerous conspiracy ...
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Is crowdsourcing key to finding cures for genetic-based diseases like depression?

Meredith Knight | 
Fifteen gene loci are linked to depression using 23andMe user data in the most comprehensive study of the disease yet ...
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Worries about artificial human enhancement persist among Americans

Ed Cara | 
[According to] an extensive survey conducted by the Pew Research Center...[s]ixty-eight percent [of over 4,000 Americans] were somewhat or very ...
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Boy’s remains, 3-D recreation offer insight into progression of human speech

Megan Williams | 
He was a young boy of about 10 who died in the rugged hills of what is now the southern ...
Autism-gene connections deepen, undermining GMO and vaccine claims

Autism-gene connections deepen, undermining GMO and vaccine claims

Megan Scudellari | 
A large proportion of autism research begins with and is centered upon external presentations of the disorder, primarily behavioral manifestations ...

Great minds grow alike? Skulls of Neanderthals, modern humans show remarkable similarities

Colin Barras | 
Evidence from Neanderthals’ skulls suggests that their large brains grew in the same way as ours do. That in turn ...
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Humans who can’t feel pain pointing way to non-addictive painkillers

Meredith Knight | 
Genes linked to pain detection and perception may be physiological targets for new, non-addictive painkillers ...

Short bursts of brain activity during sleep may be key for memory consolidation

Richard Kemeny | 
Sleep is essential for memory. Mounting evidence continues to support the notion that the nocturnal brain replays, stabilizes, reorganizes, and ...
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Neuroscientists revisit horrific 1966 Texas tower massacre

Eva Friederick | 
Smart, strong, talented and popular, the young Charles Whitman seemed, outwardly, like a poster child for the “all-American boy” stereotype ...

Patients under hypnosis exhibit distinct patterns of brain activity

Carl Zimmer | 
Psychiatrists have been using hypnosis on patients for decades — to help them reduce their pain or kick a smoking ...
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Belgian lab tapping genetics of yeast to brew better beer

Ewen Callaway | 
Kevin Verstrepen’s lab meetings can be pretty boozy affairs. Twice a week, several members of his group at Belgium’s University ...
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Do the MAOA and CDH13 ‘human warrior genes’ make violent criminals—and what should society do?

Tabitha M. Powledge | 
What can--or should--be done about genetic predispositions that lead to grim social consequences in only some of the people with ...
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Tale of two sites: Science communication pitfalls covering Alzheimer’s drug

Nicholas Staropoli | 
The same drug trial has been covered in completely different ways by various news outlets. It serves as a lesson ...
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Y-chromosome not going extinct, but losing it may be risk factor for Alzheimer disease

David Warmflash | 
The story of the Y chromosome began about 300 million years ago, when the ancestors of mammals diverged from reptiles ...

Neanderthal brain development, cognition may have resembled ours

Colin Barras | 
Great minds grow alike. Evidence from Neanderthals’ skulls suggests that their large brains grew in the same way as ours ...
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Americans disinterested in using science to build better humans

Gina Kolata | 
Americans aren’t very enthusiastic about using science to enhance the human species. Instead, many find it rather creepy. A new ...

Why do we sleep?

Clare Wilson | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. why do we sleep? ...

Discovery of fire likely evolutionary boon for early humans

Alex Berezow | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How and when did ...
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Another modern myth: Shrinking attention spans

Andrew Porterfield | 
Are modern conveniences and technology causing our attention spans to shrink? No, actually they're just adapting ...
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Human Connectome Project maps brain’s cortex into 180 distinct compartments

Jonathan Webb | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new brain map, ...
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MRI scan could replace IQ test for measuring human intelligence

Sophie Gallagher | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [A] new MRI scanning technique could ...

Should organs grown from stem cells replace lab animals in research?

Tanya Lewis | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. From mini brains to ...
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Designer babies vs. Designing your baby: Can personal genomics harm your children?

Nicholas Staropoli | 
You can now optimize your baby's life based on their personal genetics. But should you? ...

Gut microbes may affect impact and recovery from stroke

Tanya Lewis | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists are finding increasing ...

Gene linked to Alzheimer’s may cause developmental disorders in children

Karen Kaplan | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The gene that makes ...
Is there genetic basis for why some people are transgender?

Is there genetic basis for why some people are transgender?

Nigel Tan | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Why are girls born as ...
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