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Viewpoint: Letter to the EU on climate change and agricultural sustainability
The European Commission is taking public feedback on gene editing. I urge you to send your letter here. If you ...
Maybe the universe had no beginning
In the beginning, there was … well, maybe there was no beginning. Perhaps our universe has always existed — and ...
How did Sri Lanka’s organic-only debacle begin? Simple — ‘uninformed, flawed decisions based on wishful thinking’
All of us have had the experience of learning things, as the saying goes, “the hard way.” That phenomenon has ...
Disentangling horniness from hype: Do women’s libido drugs work?
In the fall of 2016, sex therapist and researcher Leonore Tiefer shuttered the New View Campaign, an organization she had founded ...
Viewpoint: Animal genetic selection will likely be embraced by public — but gene editing could face resistance from activist GMO opponents
Animal biotechnology is the application of recombinant DNA techniques to animals. Genetic engineering and cloning are two older forms of ...
GLP Podcast: ‘Fashionable nonsense’ in medicine; Strange history of pregnancy tests; Bayer goes organic
Medicine is bowing to academia's "fashionable nonsense" surrounding a variety of important issues, and the consequences could be serious. Home ...
Mexico’s corn production needs to increase significantly — is this possible with agroecology, and without GMOs?
Through its Decree banning imports of GM corn and restricting trade with the United States and other countries, the administration ...
A lucky segment of the population is genetically immune to the COVID virus. What can we learn from them?
In March 2020, Eleanor A. had been sick for several days. Thinking it might be the new respiratory illness going ...
Podcast: Prof Kevin Folta profiles Jeffrey Smith, a leading purveyor of crop biotechnology disinformation often cited by anti-biotech advocacy groups
We must be dedicated to fighting back against false information in food and medicine. Jeffery Smith is a personality with ...
Henrietta Lacks’ immortal genes are now the subject of a legal battle
Remarkable in life, a stylish Black woman who loved to cook and dance, Henrietta Lacks is even more remarkable in her ...
Viewpoint: Irrational moralizing or appropriate caution — Should we be concerned about AI models that profile humans by ‘race’?
In recent years, a wealth of literature has emerged exploring how AI and machine learning (ML) can improve diagnostic precision ...
Viewpoint: European politicians seem hell-bent on undermining sustainable farming
As Members of the European Parliament meet... to discuss how violently to continue Brussels’ attack on European farmers and consumers, ...
GLP Podcast: COVID vaccine skepticism justified? Live long despite your genes; Junk food addiction
Many people simply refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Is their skepticism justifiable, or are they plagued by biases that ...
Viewpoint: ‘Anti-GMO activists persist in their fear tactics targeting the African public’ — Here’s the damage they wreak in the less developed world
From the beginning, genetically engineered (GE) crops (also known as GMOs) have been controversial. Europe has always been at the ...
Molecular farming? Edible plant-based vaccines are cheaper, easier, and quicker to produce than traditional shots
Say goodbye to needles — in the future, we may be able to eat our vaccines. Edible plant-based vaccines could revolutionize how we fight ...
A shortage of healthful omega-3 fatty acid from fish looms as the global climate heats up. Here is a plant-based biotechnology solution
Consumption of fish and other seafood has played a pivotal role in human history as a nourishing protein. This warrants ...
Power Hungry Podcast and Video: GLP’s Jon Entine on the ‘disinformation industry’ blocking innovation in biomedicine and sustainable agriculture
Energy journalist Robert Bryce interviews Genetic Literacy Project executive director Jon Entine on the politics of innovation in biotechnology—how precautionary ...
Viewpoint: Advocacy or orthodoxy? How the neurodiversity movement that has sought to normalize autism is changing, and not always for the best
It is no longer fashionable to talk about autism spectrum disorders among certain quarters of the ASD community without reference ...
A house made from mushrooms and a ski jacket from microbes? Synthetic biology is poised to revolutionize what we can do with crops
Imagine if we could redesign nature by making a house out of mushrooms, a ski jacket from fermented microbes, and ...
When the US was hit by polio and smallpox epidemics, the public embraced vaccines with little resistance. What changed?
The year was 1947 – the last smallpox invasion in America. Ground zero: New York City. The carrier: an ex-pat ...
How anti-GMO advocates hijacked German science, blocking agricultural innovation and threatening the CRISPR revolution: A farmer’s perspective
Susanne Günther, Farmer, Blogger, and Winner of the InnoPlanta Prize for Objective Reporting on Modern Plant Breeding | July 12, ...
Podcast: Here is how misinformation about GMOs and crop biotechnology mutates and spreads
How does misinformation about genetically engineered crops (GMOs) start and how do we correct it? These are questions asked by ...
GLP Podcast: Poison ivy vaccine; Exercise doesn’t always cause weight loss; Essential oil videos debunked
Poison Ivy plagues outdoor enthusiasts everywhere. Is a vaccine on the horizon? Exercise is great for your health, but a ...
What did ancient humans eat?
Unearthed from the graves of children, ceramic baby bottles from thousands of years ago would look perfectly at home in ...
Part 2: How anti-biotechnology activists came to embrace COVID vaccine hesitancy
Even as many progressives champion the various COVID vaccines, many Democrats in the US and leftists in other countries remain ...
Viewpoint: Greenpeace continues campaign to scuttle Philippines’ vitamin A-enriched Golden Rice approval, but government holds firm
COVID-19 has caused untold suffering throughout the world, but particularly in developing countries. So why is Greenpeace continuing a yearslong ...
Precautionaria: Risk-averse Europe is undermining innovation in sustainable farming and battling climate change
Europe has been suffering from a disease outbreak that is debilitating its population, leading to economic malaise and destroying its ...
