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Podcast: Tackling ethical questions about CRISPR with GLP’s groundbreaking Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker and Index
To what degree are nations deploying these revolutionary new tools? ...
Viewpoint: Glyphosate causes kidney disease? Debunking anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva’s herbicide junk science
Seeing Vandana Shiva hosted at the University of California made me embarrassed to be a UC parent, alum, and faculty ...
Examining our history of advertising for OxyContin and other opioids: Have we learned enough about the dangers of addiction?
Recent advertising for opioid drugs has taken a strange turn ...
Viewpoint: Is a coronavirus vaccine on the horizon? Antiquated FDA regulations make it unlikely one will emerge in the US
A coronavirus vaccine in the foreseeable future? I’m not holding my breath ...
Podcast: ‘How to argue with a racist’—geneticist Adam Rutherford challenges what he calls ‘pseudoscience’ in genetics and politics
Adam Rutherford explains how to argue with a racist, hunting for the ghosts in the human genome, and recreating the ...
Salt tolerant plants are on the horizon – and critical to address the looming crisis of a shortage of arable farm land
An important study brings us one step closer to cultivating crops in previously infertile soil ...
Viewpoint: French court ruling that already-approved mutagenized crops should be heavily restricted as GMOs reaffirms need to revamp Europe’s antiquated biotech regulations
This judgment raises serious and important questions ...
New ‘DNA clock’ finds that if our genes had their way, humans would have a ‘natural’ lifespan of 38 years
A genetic “clock” lets scientists estimate how long extinct creatures lived ...
Viewpoint: ‘Dicamba Debacle’ stirs questions about the future shape of ‘industrial, intensive agriculture’
The dicamba debacle gives a chance to answer key questions about industrial agriculture with rare specificity ...
Podcast: How ‘fake news’ about avian flu almost sent virologist Ilaria Capua to prison for life
Capua now uses her harrowing experience to educate policymakers and law enforcement about science ...
Viewpoint: Dicamba debacle trial forces a reevaluation: Was Monsanto a ‘bonafide bad actor’?
The toll on farmers is infuriating enough. But there could be widespread damage to the environment as well ...
Will scientists ever get ahead of fast-mutating deadly health viruses? Exploring the coronavirus and the genetics of other viral outbreaks
Even as our methods of detection and treatment improve, we will likely never be able to completely stay ahead of ...
FDA defends CRISPR-edited animal rules likely to block most uses: Is the agency trying to avoid litigation from anti-GMO groups?
"How can the presence of one identifiable variant justify the costs and delays of mandatory FDA oversight?" ...
Manipulating our internal clocks could lead to treatments for mood disorders, obesity—and even aging
Medicines and other small molecules may play a role in fixing rhythms gone awry ...
Viewpoint: Biotechnology could save our favorite banana. Will anti-GMO activists stand in the way?
Anti-GMO intimidation could plunge banana-producing communities into poverty ...
Brain chemicals fight for the status quo—that’s why it’s so hard to change people’s minds even when the science consensus is overwhelming
Why do people refuse to change their views when confronted with scientific consensus? Research is starting to show us how ...
With Roundup-cancer settlement looming, activists revive conspiracy claim that glyphosate surfactants threaten human health
The narrative of underdog cancer victims unmasking corporate villains isn't backed up by the evidence ...
Would artificial wombs liberate women from the ‘blood, sweat and tears’ of pregnancy?
By lifting the burden of reproduction, artificial wombs might liberate women ...
‘More than human’: How neural implants, robotics and artificial intelligence are redefining who we are
Advances in human enhancement make cyborgs a future possibility ...
Viewpoint: Almond growers driving bees to ‘extinction’? Challenging the latest pollinator decline scare story
The policies of greens are a greater threat to wildlife than high-yield agriculture ...
‘Monsanto on the attack’: How an aggressive defense contributed to the ‘dicamba debacle’
It's pretty clear that the ag industry has a problem. But what is the nature of it? ...
What’s your ‘ageotype’? Classification system explains why some of us are older—or younger—than we look
Study shows that "it’s possible to change the way you age for the better." ...
Farmer vs farmer: After tens of thousands of acres of crop damage, what are we to make of the ‘dicamba debacle’?
For dicamba, even more than most ag issues in recent history, the devil is in the details ...
Podcast: One of the most infamous fakes in biology? How Ernst Haeckel’s disputed embryo images sows confusion about evolution
Kat Arney takes a closer look at some of the most controversial images in science - Ernst Haeckel's illustrations of ...
The real sustainability revolution in farming rests with CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques. Why are organic farmers blocked from using them?
New breeding techniques allow increased precision and much shorter time periods than conventional breeding ...
Can DNA predict who might be a mass murderer?
There have been repeated attempts over the past 50 years to find genetic links to criminal behavior or mass murderers ...
‘Spoken language doesn’t leave fossils’: Did human’s ability to speak arise in an instantaneous hominin mutation?
Linguist Noam Chomsky suggested that a mutation in a single ancient ancestor gave rise to human language today ...
