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Commemoration or Condemnation? Memory, morality, and the meaning of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
August 6 is one of the most consequential anniversaries for Americans, our World War II allies, and Japan—each for different ...
Why cutting out synthetic pesticides will reduce food production and won’t help the environment
Following the launch earlier this year of the UK Pesticides National Action Plan, with a strong focus on reducing the ...
Science and the courts need to better distinguish between correlations and causation
Correctly distinguishing between correlation and causation is critical because it influences how treatments for illnesses are devised and tested. Also, ...
Viewpoint: MAHA and RFK, Jr. have it backward: Celebrating elimination of safe chemicals while gutting healthcare and food assistance programs
The White House and HHS are congratulating themselves for “major victories for American health.” Their actions are doing the opposite ...
Viewpoint: The Chemical Panic Industry — to the delight of tort lawyers, activist researchers invent the myth of the ‘exposome’
There is a chemical in my soup. There’s a microplastic that might be harmful. There are particles in the air ...
Prescription roulette personalized medicine: How genetic testing could eliminate many drug side effects
For millions of Americans, taking medication is a routine and necessary part of maintaining health, but if you’ve watched drug ...
6% of global carbon emissions are linked to beef. Here’s how American exports can sharply reduce that
Trump’s global trade shake-up has prompted nearly every nation around the globe to reexamine their own trade policies, asking what ...
How farming spread globally in prehistoric times to supplant hunting and gathering
If you’ve ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact ...
From dyslexia to distinction: Remembering Dr. Beryl Benacerraf — a pioneer who transformed prenatal and gynecologic care
When, in 2022, I came across the obituary of Dr. Beryl Benacerraf, I was reminded of her father’s connection with ...
Viewpoint: England’s head start in pioneering crop gene editing in Europe in danger
News that global agribusiness Syngenta is to cut its UK-based wheat breeding activities after 35 years, focusing activity on the ...
Hairless humans: We have all the genes to go full Chewbacca, but they’re just turned off. Here’s why
Have you ever wondered why you don’t have thick hair covering your whole body like a dog, cat or gorilla ...
Fighting climate change with gene editing: Can we slash cows’ methane production?
Preventing ruminant methane from being produced in the first place seems a sensible way to limit its damaging effects ...
‘A novel is a great way to learn genetics’: A scene-based look at The Sirens, Middlesex and The Covenant of Water
I love when fiction unfurls a compelling tale whose protagonist has an ultrarare genetic disease.My most recent favorite is The Sirens ...
Viewpoint: RFK.Jr’s embrace of fear-mongering about food dyes mimics Europe’s precautionary regulations
Red 40, Yellow 5, and Blue 1 may soon be history. Not because science says they're dangerous, but because the ...
Viewpoint: Activist hypocrisy — It makes no sense to use genetic engineering to treat disease but limit it to grow food sustainably
As a biomedical scientist working in cancer and infectious disease immunology, I’ve spent decades working with genetic tools and genetic ...
Is RFK. Jr. protecting or endangering pregnant women by blocking the CDC from recommending COVID vaccines?
You're pregnant, healthy, and hearing mixed messages: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is not a ...
National Cancer Institute—world’s premier cancer research center—victim of RFK’s cuts and chaos agenda
The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research have caused unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, the storied federal government ...
‘Wellness’ grifters’ pseudoscience imperils public health
In recent years, the $6.3 trillion global “wellness” industry has marketed itself as a liberating alternative to conventional medicine, promising ...
Stinky plants: The evolutionary explanation
Not all flowers emit odors that are enticing to humans. Three types of flowering plants – Asarum simile, Eurya japonica, and Symplocarpus ...
Video: Nuclear energy will destroy us? Global warming is an existential threat? Chemicals are massacring bees? Donate to the Green Industrial Complex!
In an eye-opening exchange, John Stossel sits down with Jon Entine, an award-winning journalist and Executive Director of the Genetic ...
Viewpoint: While plaintiff attorneys link ultra-processed foods to rising obesity levels, the science remains unconvincing
Opinions regarding “safe” and unsafe foods vacillate more than hem-length fashion. While we disregard emerging data, fail to conduct sound ...
Viewpoint: How the Washington Post became a megaphone for Green Billionaires peddling environmental misinformation
There was a time when environmental journalists at least made an effort to present their coverage in a balanced manner ...
Bird flu? Don’t worry, we fired the scientists
The Trump administration’s recent decision to cancel $766 million in funding to vaccine company Moderna for the development of a ...
Is the American Academy of Pediatrics a stalwart defender of science and vaccines or a biotechnology science rejectionist? Sadly, it’s both
In a rare but pointed rebuke of federal health policy, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) filed a federal lawsuit ...
Viewpoint: How well-intended mask mandates and lockdowns fueled the establishment science-skeptical MAHA movement
Every time I post about vaccine science, the responses are swift and predictable: "Where was the evidence for the lockdowns ...
Would widespread adoption of organic farming practices be a good idea from a climate change perspective?
Agriculture plays a complex role when it comes to climate change. Farming does contribute a significant share of certain greenhouse ...
KFF Part 9: From leadership to limbo – U.S. reviews commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Following numerous executive actions since January that have fundamentally changed U.S. foreign assistance, KFF, a partner organization of the Genetic Literacy ...
