Science Controversies
Against lab made seeds? GMO critics give mutagenesis using radiation and chemicals free pass
I got into a back-and-forth with GMKnow over on Twitter (you can read the exchange here). As is obvious from one look at their ...
Vermont’s GMO labeling law passed because of well-organized and well-funded campaigns
Despite the threat of a lawsuit hanging over their heads from food manufacturers, key lawmakers in Vermont went from skeptical ...
Guardian’s John Vidal attacks Gates Foundation for links to Monsanto and Cargill (on site funded by Gates Foundation)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is sponsoring the Guardian's Global development site is being heavily criticised in Africa and the ...
GMO fervor spills into Hawaii’s elections, fuels campaign donations
The fervor surrounding genetically engineered crops in Hawaii is expected to spill into this year's elections, as a number of ...
Citizens for Health lobbies for suspect alternative meds, supplements (and free love?)
Do you believe in magic? Most scientists now believe that most supplements, mega-vitamins and homeopathy therapies are junk science or ...
Cotton Board of Zambia calls for investments in biotech to aid sustained production of quality cotton
Cotton Board of Zambia board secretary Dafulin Kaonga said Government should invest in modern biotechnology, including genetic engineering, to develop ...
Scientific literacy and critical thinking missing from anti-GMO groups
The landscape of science communication resounds with a cacophony of credible and incredible voices. Such voices fill the demands of ...
Citizens for Health lobbies for suspect alternative meds, supplements (free love?)
Do you believe in magic? Most scientists now believe that most supplements, mega-vitamins and homeopathy therapies are junk science or ...
Engineered skin cells may replace animals in cosmetic testing
An advanced 3D skin model developed at King's College London (KCL) may reduce the need for animal models in cosmetic ...
Population size may be clue to why Neanderthals suffered and Neo-African humans survived
A new paper in PNAS, Patterns of coding variation in the complete exomes of three Neandertals, reiterates what seems to ...
DNA test for cervical cancer gets FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first alternative to the long-used Pap test as a primary screening ...
Smithsonian exhibit releases online animated visualizaton of human genome
Using disarmingly simple animations of 2-D people, animals, and molecules, Sanan transmits more information about DNA and the human genome ...
Debating GMOs: Anti Michael Pollan and plant scientist Pam Ronald break new ground with dialogue
Journalist Michael Pollan and plant geneticist Pamela Ronald set an important precedent when they convened the two sides of the ...
Scientists and farmers reject proposed GM crop ban in Jackson, Oregon, call it ‘threat’ to agriculture
The idea of banning genetically modified plants seems like folly to some scientists who work in crop technology, not to ...
Organic groups fight propagation of Golden Rice in Philippines to protect native varieties
Several environmental groups have raised the alarm against golden rice, a genetically modified variety, that threatened “to destroy the organic ...
Biotech can strengthen vegetarianism but Veg Expo chooses anti-GMO agenda
Most people never knew I was not a meat eater. I enjoyed an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet for 16 years. I get the ...
Media reports on Vermont’s GMO labeling bill lacked science, framed emotionally
Even as the ultra-green Grist magazine has sought to give its fervent readers a more nuanced conversation about genetically modified ...
East African Community prioritizes GMO regulation, calls for public education and awareness
The East African Community is working on fast-tracking a proposed harmonized policy on Biosafety as a key priority. This will ...
Third-generation Indian cotton farmer relates first-hand experience with non-Bt and Bt cotton
GMO Skepti-Forum has begun featuring essays by readers on the GMO controversy. We’re going to be featuring some of them on the ...
Reuters, other science reporters often promote ‘false balance’ on GMO safety studies
GMO coverage in the media today is where climate change reporting was from the late 1980s until the early 2000s, ...
Glyphosate toxicity study in ‘pay for play journal’ based on flawed experimental design
A study promoted by anti-GMO groups that the commonly used pesticide glyphosate (Roundup), which is used with some GM crops, ...
What are the differences in genetically engineering crops and drugs?
When you google GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) the results that come up speak to GM crops, but GMOs are more ...
Five farmers on why they use GM technology
A hot topic grabbing headlines recently is GMOs. The technology behind GMOs is fairly new, quite sophisticated and basically misunderstood by the masses. Many ...
Influence of genes on body mass grows with age in kids
The influence of genetic factors on differences between children's Body Mass Index (BMI) increases from 43% at age 4 to ...
Mind uploading won’t work becaues consciousness can’t be transferred
Uploading one's mind into a computer, a concept popularized by the 2014 movie Transcendence starring Johnny Depp, is likely to ...
Rare Turkish neurodegenerative disorder caused by a single mutation
International teams of researchers using advanced gene sequencing technology have uncovered a single genetic mutation responsible for a rare brain ...
Tsetse fly genome decoded, may offer target for sleeping sickness prevention and therapies
Public-health workers are one step closer to stamping out a debilitating and potentially fatal disease known as sleeping sickness following ...
