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Viewpoint: 15 explanations for why activists lie and try to scare people about ‘killer’ chemicals, genetically engineered crops and nuclear energy
We always hear NGOs saying that we cannot trust industry, that we have to exclude industry evidence or that industry ...
‘Warrior gene’: If we genetically screen children to protect them from diseases, why shouldn’t we investigate their proclivity to act agressively
“Some people have real problems right out of the starting block. We can't dodge the responsibility for social action." ...
WHO outlines new principles for ethical human genomic data collection and sharing
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a set of principles for the ethical collection, access, use, and sharing of ...
Cow burps are one of the biggest contributors to global warming, Here is what farmers are doing to curtail methane release
The Dirt Did you know cattle can play a positive role in climate change? Farmers and ranchers are proactively working ...
Why bananas are the original ‘frankenfood’
The banana has shaped civilizations and sparked scientific inquiry. From its origins in the lush forests of New Guinea to ...
‘Language Puzzle’: Exploring the mystery of how humans learned to communicate
According to Guinness World Records, the world’s fastest talker is one Sean Shannon, capable of unleashing a staggering 665 English words per minute ...
In a parallel universe, here are qualified scientists president-elect Trump would have nominated for top science agencies
As the United States prepared for a new presidential administration, Nautilus, and the Aspen Institute asked eminent scientists from across ...
Viewpoint: Want to stay well? Avoid every product sold by the wellness industry
In the health and wellness space fear is often used as a marketing technique, with patent medicine salesmen, pharmaceutical companies, ...
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr., Vani Hari and the Environmental Working Group are trying to dupe you—How the organic movement built its reputation on chemophobia
There is a LOT of misinformation out there when it comes to our foods, including how our foods are grown ...
Here’s how the organic industry greenwashes its commitment to regenerative agriculture
Think-tank reports Soil Association ‘greenwashing’ claims to advertising watchdog Pro-innovation think-tank Science for Sustainable Agriculture (SSA) has written to the Advertising ...
Roadmap for the incoming Trump administration: Friend or foe of US agriculture?
President-elect Trump has promised his second administration will move aggressively to deliver relief from regulatory burdens in a number of ...
One third of Americans believe we’ve been visited by aliens and our government hides the evidence. How these delusions could spur conspiracy theories
The idea that aliens may have visited the Earth is becoming increasingly popular. Around a fifth of UK citizens believe ...
The ridiculous, endless, tedious mask debate (Believe scientists, not pundits or ideologues)
The folks at the City Journal must not be aware of the quip, “When you’re in a hole, stop digging.” They ...
Viewpoint: Lower-yield agroecology promises ignore evidence that advanced plant breeding, modern fertilizers and other inputs needed to grow more food on less land
Calls for transforming food systems have grown over the past several years. International governance organizations, such as the Food and ...
Viewpoint: The US government and corporations are funneling billions into cover crop research to combat climate change. Is the money and the hype worth it?
Cover cropping, the practice of planting secondary crops during the off-season to improve soil health, has roots stretching back to ...
Viewpoint: Does peanut oil in vaccines cause an allergy to peanuts? That’s the latest RFK, Jr. health claim and like most others he’s wrong
I want to address this recent excerpt from RFK Jr.’s appearance on Mikhaila [Peterson's] podcast, so let’s get into it ...
Viewpoint: ‘Progressives think rural people are dumb rubes’—Farmers know that neonicotinoid insecticides do not harm honeybees
Minnesota is having a challenging year, so challenging they are approaching California as the wackiest state, according to other states ...
The ‘tangled web’ of aging
Aging is far more complex than just an advancing clock. It's a tangled web of molecular changes that don’t play ...
Viewpoint: New York Times’ series ‘What to Eat on a Burning Planet’ is elitist hubris (and also gets the science of climate change wrong)
Journalists, academics and policymakers often talk about the “global food system.” But if there is such a thing, it isn’t ...
The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US
In early August 2023, a beekeeper near the port of Savannah, Georgia, noticed some odd activity around his hives. Something ...
Only cyber-humans could settle on other planets. Creating them is possible.
When considering human settlements on the Moon, Mars, and further afield, much attention is given to the travel times, food, ...
How has climate change reduced crop yields over the past quarter century
Agriculture is arguably the industry most sensitive to changes in the climate. Crops need CO2, water — not too little ...
‘Science won the battle but lost the war’: Ten years after routing GMO deniers in historic Q2 debate, geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam worries about the technology’s future
[O]n December 3, 2014, I participated in an Intelligence Squared (IQ2) debate in the Kaufmann [T]heater [in] New York City ...
“I really want to take control over how I leave this world” — More terminally ill patients are deciding how they want to die
In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she’d beaten ...
Psychedelic drugs offer healing potential, but slow legalization stalls wider use
An operations manager finds relief from her depression with the help of psilocybin, the primary psychoactive component of “magic mushrooms.” A ...
Breakthrough Institute report: New technologies are poised to reduce the carbon footprint of agriculture — if public financing is forthcoming
In recent years, startups, university researchers, and government laboratories have developed a suite of new technologies capable of revolutionizing agriculture ...
Much of what we’ve been told about secondhand smoke is wrong
In 2003, UCLA epidemiologist James Enstrom and I published a study of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)—also called "secondhand smoke" or "passive ...
