Science Controversies
Uganda: From scorching drought to ravaging worms, poor pay the price for missing out on a biotech solution
The food and famine crisis is finally bringing to a head the clash between anti-GMO activists, mostly European based, and ...
How to argue evolution with creationists
Creationists and scientists have separate definitions for the word "theory." Getting caught up in arguments about the word's meaning is ...
GMO controversies of 40 years ago are today’s science success stories
GMOs were a worry 40 years ago? Yes, though GMO insulin today is regarded as a gigantic success story for ...
Burkina Faso farmers advocate for return of GMO insect-resistant Bt cotton
As a farmer who has planted both Bt and conventional cotton, Mr Traore [former president of Africa Cotton Producers Association ...
Nigerian activist groups lobby against GMO cassava trials
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, [on August 27], alleged that moves were made by the International Institute of ...
Viewpoint: On GMOs, people who believe they are most well informed often have the lowest science IQ
[Editor's Note: Dr. Steven Novella is an academic clinical neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine] People can feel as ...
Making leather without animals: Genetically engineered leather made from modified yeast is here
The whole leather industry, based as it is on animal hides, is vulnerable these days to sensibilities about the relationship ...
Some farmers, activist critics concerned agri-business mergers could increase costs, reduce biodiversity
Three mega-mergers of agricultural chemical and seed companies are reshaping global food production and prompting fears of higher costs for ...
After Glowing GMO plant Kickstarter failure, biotech company makes scented GMO moss
One of the most popular Kickstarter launches of the last several years was the Glowing Plant Kickstarter campaign, which raised ...
Vietnam mulling crop GMO response to climate change
Agricultural bio-technology policies, promotion of public-private partnerships in agricultural bio-technology research and applications and the use of agricultural bio-technology in ...
Next generation Golden Rice could be driven by CRISPR gene editing
Rice breeders today develop improved varieties from genetic breeding stock that has been advanced through thousands of generations and over ...
Syngenta CEO overseeing ChemChina merger believes introducing GMOs to Europe near hopeless
[Erik Fyrwald, Syngenta’s current CEO], joined Syngenta in 2016, after many years in senior management with US-based chemical companies, most ...
Iran’s scientists push back against activist scare-mongering on safe GMO foods
Those voicing their opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have no scientific or convincing proof, Iran’s chief of the Department ...
Viewpoint: Current GMO crops help farmers more than poor global consumers
A Professor of Geography at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Dr. William G. Moseley, has written a short, compelling ...
Fluoride flipping: Hidden RNA regulator could help create new antibiotics
So much of what happens inside cells to preserve health or cause disease is so small or time-sensitive that researchers ...
Findings and techniques of anthropologists and geneticists starting to converge
If anthropology and genetics seem distant from each other on the scientific spectrum, Connie Mulligan—a professor of anthropology at the ...
Twist on truth: Knowledge, such as on GMOs, can lead to a rejection of the scientific consensus
[A] new study out [August 22nd] joins a number of earlier ones in indicating that scientific knowledge makes it easier ...
Lab-created virus-free gene-edited piglets could mark breakthrough of pig-human organ transplants
Researchers in the US have created gene-edited piglets that are free of viruses that could be harmful to humans. This ...
Activists claim gene editing could exploit animals, leads to unconscionable suffering
[Editor’s Note: Peter Stevenson is the Chief Policy Advisor for the UK-based charity Compassion In World Farming] Traditional selective [animal] ...
Newly approved CAR-T therapy could mark breakthrough in cancer treatments
Carl H. June, MD, is a professor of immunology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He developed ...
Aging breakthrough? Pruning old cells rejuvenates bone density in mice – could osteoporosis drugs be next?
Several studies have shown that pruning away old, inactive senescent cells can do wonders for aged mice, restoring their bald patches, strengthening ...
Reckless men? Increased testosterone linked to impulsive decisions
Impulsiveness can be measured in many ways. That chosen by Dr Nave and Dr Nadler was mathematical. In the largest ...
‘Genome cloaking’ and the quest to keep DNA test results private
Stanford University researchers have developed a tool to keep individual genetic information private, reducing the risk of discrimination by employers ...
29 states pass ‘seed-preemption laws’ that block cities and counties from banning GMOs
With little notice, more than two dozen state legislatures have passed “seed-preemption laws” designed to block counties and cities from ...
Viewpoint: Anti-GMO movement—and label demands—lose steam under Republican administration
The new administration has chosen to follow the analysis of the National Academy of Sciences, which found no material or ...
Marijuana legalization has spurred ‘space race’ to exploit medicinal and recreational benefits of cannabis
The federal government's restrictions on cannabis have hindered American scientists from studying it in depth. However states that legalized weed ...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder in dogs: What can we learn about ourselves?
Canine compulsive disorder, like the version that afflicts humans, can take over the animal's eating, sleeping and basic functions. In ...
