Science Controversies

The following is an edited excerpt. Genetics pioneer Craig Venter reveals what we have and haven’t learned from the human ...

Monsanto and Dow Chemical face delays in selling biotech crops engineered to survive older weedkillers after the the U.S. Department ...

Global demand for food is expected to increase by 70 percent in the next 40 years. What role could or ...

An international protest planned for later this month against biotechnology company Monsanto is slated to span six continents and include ...

The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full story below. (Phys.org) —As the U.S. Supreme Court moves ...

Hoping to give new meaning to the term “natural light,” a small group of biotech enthusiasts is trying to create ...

The following is an excerpt. Dr Willy Kiprotich Tonui is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Biosafety Authority ...

Thanks to a credulous Reuters report, a shoddy piece of pseudoscience is making the rounds as “an MIT study” linking ...

Ramez Naam, a GLP contributor, makes the argument that -- despite the scientific evidence for the safety of genetically modified ...

The following is an excerpt. I think the controversy over GMOs represents one of the greatest science communications failures of ...

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 ...

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

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

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