Science Controversies
France, Germany want right to buck European law, ban GM corn
France and Germany are to propose a new European law to allow member states to ban Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) ...
New bionic hand includes a sense of touch
Sensory feedback is what will turn future prostheses from tools into hands; a breakthrough bionic hand represents a first step ...
Could the Australian GMO-organic court case lead to global restrictions on biotech farming?
If an organic farmer in Australia is successful for suing over "contamination" from nearby GM crops, it may create a ...
DNA hunter Svante Pääbo takes us back to our roots
DNA, the stuff from which our genes are made, decays the moment an organism dies. The long coils break down ...
On GMOs, France becoming scientific backwater
France does not walk in the footsteps of Norman Borlaug. Half a century of rising farm productivity has let France ...
Sinking food prices may prompt farmers to shift to less expensive non-GMO seeds
Economics is driving more farmers to look at growing specialty corn and soybeans in 2014. Corn and soybean prices are ...
Arizona GMO labeling ballot initiative appears likely
The debate for labeling genetic modified foods, or products associated with genetically modified ingredients could take center stage in Arizona ...
Will genetic sequencing lead to a new racism?
Advances in genetic sequencing are giving rise to a new era of scientific racism, despite decades of efforts to reverse ...
GMOs and the skeptics: Will truth win out?
A social movement revolving around food and health concerns has made GMO labeling a galvanizing issue. The grassroots campaign to ...
Center for Food Safety, Earth Justice renege on promise to defend Kauai’s anti-GMO law, leaving county with half million dollar bill
The promise of free legal services to defend Kauai County's controversial pesticide/GMO regulatory law has been relegated to the realm ...
Curious case of the EU’s GMO authorization system
No other regulated product category scores as high as GMOs in terms of number of product application dossiers that: a) ...
Is mutagenesis (e.g. organic Ruby Red grapefruits) the next target of anti-GMO groups?
Altering the genetic makeup of plants with gamma radiation or chemicals is considered a traditional breeding technique in the United ...
Globally, 12% of farmers now grow biotech crops — more than ever before
The campaigns against genetically modified foods are unrelenting, and they are having an impact on business. The retailer chain Whole ...
India’s Ag Minister: No credible reports that GM crops harmful
There are no “credible scientific reports” to prove that genetically modified (GM) crops have adverse impact on environment, human health ...
80% of Russians negative towards GMOs
Following the GMO debate some countries seek tighter regulations, while others place them at the core of agriculture. China is ...
Are industry funded studies corrupting GMO science?
Are all of the studies supporting the safety of GM foods the result of a massive scientific selling-out, the product ...
Biotech start-up targets Parkinson’s and ALS with new gene therapy
A Cambridge biotechnology company launching Wednesday is taking aim at Parkinson’s disease and ALS with a new gene therapy that ...
Walla Walla, Washington Union-Bulletin editorial: Voluntarily labeling of GMOs is a sound approach
Although science has not determined food with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are dangerous, or even unhealthy, some folks are squeamish ...
Should India continue its moratorium on GM food?
Biotech cotton turned India from a net importer to a net exporter of this crop, yet the country is resistant ...
Technology and food security: International Food Policy Research Institute director weighs in
A wealth of technologies is now at our disposal for boosting yields of the world’s key staple crops, but how ...
Organic farmer takes stand in Aussie GMO ‘contamination’ case
Wednesday 12/2: THE organic farmer suing his neighbour in the landmark GM court case took to the witness stand on ...
Agricultural technologies could increase global yields by two third, cut food prices in half by 2050
A new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) measures the impacts of agricultural innovation on farm productivity, ...
Center for Food Safety calls claims of GE food ‘industry propaganda’
It seems like every day the food movement is gaining more power in the fight for the consumers' right to ...
Monsanto, so often demonized, is welcomed in food insecure Vietnam
In its latest show of endorsing controversial genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Vietnam is set to allow three foreign companies to ...
Illinois farmer turns GMO controversy is “teaching opportunity”
Larry Bucher typically harvests the same crop of questions from strangers, acquaintances and dinner party guests. Once they learn he ...
Rewriting the genome with surgical precision
New, precise methods for genome engineering, like CRISPR and TALENs are poised to change the face of genetic disease ...
How did Monsanto come to be the Devil in the GMO debate?
Which is the real Monsanto? The one poisoning the world and failing to improve crops with genetically modified seeds, or ...
