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5 human species that played a role in our evolutionary history
We’re so used to the idea of being the only people around that it seems outlandish to think that not ...
YouTube’s anti-vax ban: Necessary public health measure or unjustified censorship?
YouTube triggered an uproar [recently], announcing that it would take “down several video channels associated with high-profile anti-vaccine activists including ...
Breakthrough technologies reduce the carbon footprint of US beef production
In 2019, the United States produced approximately $111 billion worth of beef, exporting about 3 billion pounds and employing hundreds ...
How did this acupuncture study get published in Nature?
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, an unfortunately all-too-common topic for me was the proliferation of dubious acupuncture ...
‘Pesticide’ has become a dirty word. Here’s why most fears are misplaced
Chemophobia is rampant. Some environmental groups, organic promoters and sloppy journalists have successfully made many consumers scared of products that ...
Viewpoint: ‘The bioengineered food label is not expected to have any benefits to human health or the environment’ — The cowardly, useless stupidity behind the new genetic modification law
It’s no secret that Congress sometimes does things – including creating laws – that make little sense and that are contrary ...
Molnupiravir vs paxlovid: What’s the difference between the two approved COVID antivirals?
Following the FDA's granting of Emergency Use Authorization to Merck's molnupiravir and Pfizer's Paxlovid, the only two approved direct-acting antiviral ...
Viewpoint: What drives agricultural sustainability? Not what many ‘environmental organizations’ promote
Anyone who has flown over the Canadian prairies in any of the previous summers will notice the tremendous number of ...
What makes narcissists tick?
Chances are you’ve met a narcissist. Someone who thinks they’re better than everyone else, dominates the conversation and loves the ...
Viewpoint: mRNA and synthetic biology offer rays of hope after Annus Horribilis
The season of retrospectives is upon us. The past year will be long remembered with dismay and sadness, as the four horsemen—war, famine, pestilence and plague—each had robust ...
GLP Podcast: COVID vaccines; Lab leak scandal; UK embraces CRISPR crops—the biggest stories of 2021
The COVID-19 vaccines saved a lot of lives in 2021, but convincing some Americans to take them proved to be ...
What’s the key, mostly missing, innovation that can help us adapt to severe climate change? Agricultural biotechnology
The major food staples are essential to human survival. Chocolate and coffee are not essential, but try to imagine a ...
From Egyptian mummy dust to cow pus, disease treatments have come a very long way
Back in the 18th century, it was a wonder how anyone ever survived a trip to the doctor. Many didn’t ...
Viewpoint: Salmon, apples and potatoes — 3 healthy and sustainable foods that you can buy now under the new “bioengineered” label
The “bioengineered” label for foods sold in the United States is now in effect. Any food or food ingredient that ...
How Watson and Crick predicted the origin of Omicron and laid the groundwork for COVID-19 vaccines
The tantalizing final sentence to James Watson and Francis Crick’s landmark 1953 paper in Nature introducing the genetic material, DNA, ...
USRTK and other anti-biotechnology groups are using COVID lab-leak theory to spur opposition to life-saving innovations
Hoping to keep their cause alive in the wake of the pandemic, the anti-GMO movement has glommed on to a ...
COVID spurred a slew of junk science. Here are the top 6 coronavirus related stories of 2021
Just as it did last year, the most dangerous pandemic in a century spawned all sorts of junk science in ...
Two years after Wuhan: Why Omicron is a ‘blindsiding riptide’
Next Tuesday, December 21, marks two years since the China CDC Weekly acknowledged the first “cluster of pneumonia cases with an unknown ...
GMO patent controversy 3: Does Monsanto sue farmers for inadvertent GMO ‘contamination’?
The courts have affirmed Monsanto's claim that it will not sue farmers for any cross pollination from GM seeds that ...
GLP Podcast: Coming soon — USDA ‘bioengineered’ labels; Scientific American strays from science; Schools teach anti-GMO falsehoods
The USDA's mandatory bioengineered food labels will begin to appear on many more products next month. What can consumers expect ...
GMO patent controversy 2: Supreme Court cases of farmers Bowman and Schmeiser
Monsanto is accused by its critics of unfairly targeting farmers who 'mistakenly' reuse their patented seeds. Two cases have reached ...
GMO patent controversy: Terminator genes, seed piracy and ‘forcing’ farmers to buy seeds
Many farmers buy new seeds each season. Are they forced to by corporations, like Monsanto, who "control" the seed supply, ...
Viewpoint: Climate change-fighting agricultural tools are delivering enormous benefits — but anti-biotechnology activists continue to vilify them
Following the recent COP26 séance in Glasgow, climate change issues remain prominent for governments and the public. Agricultural practices have ...
Viewpoint: An argument for CRISPR crops — ‘Very little about modern life is natural — and it’s time we all got over it’
Life goes on as gene-edited foods begin to hit the market. Japanese consumers have recently started buying tomatoes that fight ...
Will we need to get annual COVID booster shots for the rest of our lives?
Some vaccines are one-and-done, like measles. Others are annual events, like the seasonal flu. There's new data as to where ...
Genetics and race: An awkward conversation during volatile times
Discussing inter-group divergence is largely taboo. So do we just ignore the deluge of data? ...
Gene editing and agriculture: Challenges and opportunities to significantly address climate change
Excess emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from human activities have accumulated in the atmosphere at levels sufficient to disrupt global ...
