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Do-it-yourself oxygen: How astronauts could survive on Mars
If MOXIE works the way that scientists hope it will, future astronauts will not only make their own oxygen; they ...
Podcast: Pesticides cancel benefits of fruits and veggies? Drought-tolerant wheat coming soon? Do DNA diets work?
Do pesticide residues on food counteract the benefits of consuming fruits and vegetables? The FDA recently approved a genetically engineered ...
Whole Foods Magazine joins the ‘let’s peddle anti-GMO disinformation scare stories’ movement
Whole Foods Magazine published a June story titled GMOs: Basics to Know. “Although GMOs have been deemed safe,” the author alleged, ...
Viewpoint: Judge finds glyphosate is a likely carcinogen? Distinguishing between judicial decisions and science (they are not the same!)
EPA, along with hundreds of scientific studies, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in peer-reviewed journals, have found no link ...
Humans sleep away ⅓ of their lives, but it’s a lot less than other primates. Here’s why
Research has shown that people in non-industrial societies — the closest thing to the kind of setting our species evolved ...
Glyphosate detected in 80% of urine? Reason for alarm or deceptive data distortion?
Vilifying the safe herbicide glyphosate has been a long-time proxy for attacking modern conventional agriculture. Sold under the brand name ...
Why Paxlovid is far more effective than media coverage and some skeptics suggest
Paxlovid, the most widely prescribed drug to treat symptomatic COVID-19, has lately attracted a number of detractors. However, Paxlovid has ...
With sales rising, what does the future hold for AquaBounty’s genetically modified sustainable salmon?
AquaBounty is a biotechnology company that specializes in aquaculture. They’re best known for their development of genetically engineered salmon. AquaBounty’s ...
Male and female brains are different in key ways — and that could explain sex disparities in incidences of autism and Alzheimer’s
Scientists have long had of evidence linking immune activity to brain differences and disorders, but the science that sex adds ...
Viewpoint: France’s Le Monde leads media frenzy hyping flawed study claiming trace pesticide residues wipe out benefits of eating fruits and vegetables
A recent study suggested that pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables could counteract some of the nutritional benefits of consuming ...
Viewpoint: Anti-technology activists claim coronavirus outbreaks could be exacerbated by intensive farming. Here’s why they are dead wrong
It is often asserted that intensive livestock systems increase the risk of zoonotic diseases, and this argument is used to ...
DNA and gene editing are the real stars of the new Jurassic Park movie
In Jurassic World: Dominion, the science is mostly accurate, the bioethics message obvious, and the plot adheres to Isaac Asimov’s ...
Climate Action Farming: What farmers need to do to adapt as our planet heats up—and why organic and ‘regenerative agriculture’ cannot meet the challenge
There are a number of practices that farmers could use to manage their land in ways that would optimally remove ...
Legislating nicotine reduction? Some smoke, mostly mirrors
The Biden administration recently announced plans to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to “minimally or non-addictive levels.” This is not a ...
Wine story: From Stone Age seed domestication to new age fermentation, here is the evolutionary history of wine
Over the millennia, humans have radically transformed viticulture from a happy accident to a scientifically precise art form and global ...
When blood relatives hook up: Is ‘Genetic Sexual Attraction’ really a thing?
Academic sex researchers will ramp up investigation of genetic sexual attraction ...
Viewpoint: Food shortage crisis — There are two ways to address the food shortage crisis: Farm more land or increase yield. Let’s compare their sustainability impacts
As the planet’s population continues its relentless march towards 10 billion, more food is going to need to be produced ...
Comparing primate intelligence: What’s so unique about the human brain that makes us so smart?
Humans are unrivalled in the area of cognition. After all, no other species has sent probes to other planets, produced ...
Do agri-businesses ‘control’ agriculture? The emerging gene-editing revolution in Latin America is challenging that belief
Small actions can create such huge differences. We see that ‘butterfly effect’ playing out in Latin America. where the development ...
Anosmia and COVID: Does loss of smell from coronavirus signal more serious neurological issues ahead?
The sudden inability to smell and taste that comes with COVID is startling and difficult to describe. I was lucky ...
Viewpoint: Misleading claims on Mom’s Organic Market grocery bags deceive shoppers about bee health, pesticide dangers and neonicotinoids
I don’t deliberately avoid organic foods or markets, but I don’t seek them out either. Claims that organic food tastes ...
Transitioning transgender teenagers are not new. This Dutch clinic has been helping them for decades
Relationships between and physicians last a long time at Amsterdam’s Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria. Some of today’s adult ...
Did you get a DNA ancestry kit for Father’s Day? Here are some things to consider before spitting in that vial
The media tales of familial surprises are the tip of an iceberg ...
Viewpoint: How biotechnology can make geopolitical food security upheavals less likely — Ukrainian War prompts global rethink about Europe’s reliance on ‘obsolete technologies’
Celebrated in symphonies, and storied in literature and cinema, the steppes of central Asia have long played a key role in the history ...
GLP Podcast: Why non-smokers get cancer; Spotting diseases during pregnancy; Earth-friendly industrialized farming?
Many smokers don't get lung cancer. But why do so many non-smokers end up with the disease? A preliminary study ...
Viewpoint: Rightwing The Epoch Times circulates anti-GMO hysteria and disinformation usually found on the ‘natural’ left
We frequently receive requests to comment on specific news stories. These are usually examples of journalists or pundits commenting on ...
Long COVID’s biological puzzle: Untangling the difference between true disease and pandemic disruptions
Soon after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced in 2020, rapidly sending countries around the world into panicked lockdowns, a new specter arose: "Long ...
