Science Controversies

Despite exaggerated claims from various media outlets over the weekend, the innovations that led to the hornless dairy cow are ...

Federal legislation that would require food labels to identify genetically engineered ingredients was introduced Wednesday ...

A student-run newspaper features a two-part series about genetically modified crops, nutrition, and Monsanto's ties to Kansas State University ...

The following is an edited excerpt. A homeopath (which means that she’s reality-challenged to begin with), [Heidi Stevenson has] produced ...

Scientists and researchers around the world are turning to new genetic techniques to race the outbreak of the new H5N7 ...

A new "gene-editing" tool has allowed scientists to create a disease-resistant pig. Can the new technique help to overcome the ...

Obama’s recently announced effort to map the human brain and the parallel European efforts (the Human Brain Project), are taking ...

Synthetic biology may have huge benefits for agriculture, but it will challenge human value systems ...

Are human genes patentable? The question is becoming less relevant as biotech patents move more toward completely synthetic genes and ...

The following is an excerpt. The government recognises the potential of modern biotechnology in reviving the country's cotton industry, the ...

The following is an edited excerpt. The United States on Monday criticized “unnecessary” European Union rules against genetically modified US ...

The so-called "Monsanto Protection Act" is hardly the “most dangerous food act ever” or a “terrifying piece of policy," as ...

University of Georgia researchers recently used the mighty Pyrococcus furiosus, which usually eats carbohydrates and lives in super-heated waters or ...

A new resolution would seem to place the commercial concerns of Monsanto, the world’s largest producer of GM crops and ...

Monarch butterflies have been on a downward spiral for decades, and the most recent news stories report that monarch numbers ...

De-extinction -- the revival of extinct species through biotechnology -- is an intoxicating idea. Who doesn't want the chance to ...

Farmers noted that over the years several interventions of modern technology in increasing production were brought to their doorsteps yet ...

Science writer Emily Anthes' new book, Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts provides an animated review of ...

Discover's cover story on the anti-biotech movement gives unwarranted weight to anti-GM activists and in the process raises questions about ...

When it comes to stem cell research, we’ve moved from an era of debating the ethics of a technology in ...

The following is an excerpt. Windhoek — Following revelations that maize meal available on Namibian shelves contain percentages of genetically ...

Up until now, activists have been counting on state mandates to gain momentum to eventually push through national labeling laws ...

The following is an edited excerpt. Despite the rapid progress made towards reducing poverty in many developing countries in recent ...

The following is an edited excerpt. Despite the rapid progress made towards reducing poverty in many developing countries in recent ...

The "junk DNA isn't junk!" headline ran rampant earlier this year, in the wake of the ENCODE project publishing reams ...

Anti-GMO campaigners and some farmers claim that Monsanto and other corporations use their deep pockets and unfair patent laws to ...

The following is an excerpt. Tomatoes grown on organic farms accumulate higher concentrations of sugars, vitamin C and compounds associated ...