Science Literacy Project Daily Digest

Scientists have hit back against the criticism levelled at the research linking the world’s best-selling weedkiller and a strain of ...

A new toxicology study states that rats eating genetically modified food and the weedkiller Roundup develop huge tumors and die ...

Dr Peacock says one of his big disappointments is the way GM food crops have been represented as harmful to ...

Genetically modified corn could soon be used to mass-produce the enzymes used in rare-disease therapies, according to new research ...

Research indicates the out-of-Africa spread of humans was dictated by the appearance of favourable climatic windows. By integrating genetics with ...

Researchers have long known that individual diseases are associated with genes in specific locations of the genome. Genetics researchers at ...

Geneticists soon will be able to identify an unborn child’s risk of developing chronic diseases later in life and possibly ...

Racial categories are currently ubiquitous in medicine and medical research. How are these categories determined? Is there uniformity from one ...

It took mankind millennia of painstaking trial and error to breed hardier, healthier food crops. "We can't wait that long ...

Kenya has emerged as a leader in the development and use of biotechnology in the east and central African region ...

Research indicates the out-of-Africa spread of humans was dictated by the appearance of favourable climatic windows. By integrating genetics with ...

The worst U.S. drought in half a century is withering the nation’s corn crop, but it’s a fertile opportunity for ...

Producing better quality melons with guaranteed results before planting; this will be possible thanks to the "Melonomics" project, involving several ...

The key to cloning a woolly mammoth may be locked into the Siberian permafrost. At least, that’s what scientists in ...

When it comes to the human genetics of the Khoe-San there’s a little that’s stale and unoriginal for me in ...

The largest study of genetic variance across present-day populations in southern Africa suggests that there is no single place in ...

A team at the Allen Institute for Brain Science has created the first human brain-wide map of gene expression data ...

The cost of genome sequencing is starting to sink into the affordable range. Should you save up and get one? ...

Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Co-operatives has started using genetic engineering to ‘modify’ seeds and control diseases that inhibit ...

Rats fed either genetically engineered corn or the herbicide Roundup had an increased risk of developing tumors, suffering organ damage ...

From poultry products to fish, potatoes to apples, Johnson Moyo, a primary school teacher in Bulawayo, has come to enjoy ...

Until Californians go to the ballot box on Nov. 6, rhetoric from both supporters and opponents of the state’s Proposition ...

Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have found a new way of using gene therapy to treat obesity. The ...

Stem cell technology has the potential to revolutionize medicine, but the revolution has been considerably slower than expected. Government restrictions ...

The House of Representatives passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2007 on Wednesday, April 25. GINA is expected ...

Many people may wonder how they would react in an emergency situation, one that could involve risking their lives to ...

In a particular bind in this fight are the many mainstream food conglomerates that now own organic brands, which by ...