Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
The genetics of food cravings and aversions
The binding interaction between taste receptors and food compounds drives our sensory preferences. Researchers are paving the way for personalized ...
Why Texas and its marginalized communities are the epicenter of MAHA’s food and health movement
With its diverse population, a political establishment eager to please the Trump administration, and a cabal of prominent MAHA converts, ...
One shot to lower risk of heart attacks? Early-stage CRISPR therapy safely cut “bad” cholesterol and triglycerides by more than 50% patients
In a 15-patient, Phase 1 one, first-in-human trial, a one-time, CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing therapy safely reduced LDL cholesterol and triglycerides in ...
DNA pioneer James Watson’s remarkable—and controversial—career
Discovering the structure of ... DNA was a breakthrough that would help open the way to a revolution in medicine, ...
Viewpoint: No, we should not follow RFK, Jr.’s recommendation and quickly phase out biomedical research animal testing
In recent months, the Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health have announced new initiatives to reduce and replace animal ...
‘The science is almost non-existent’: Latest longevity fad: N.A.D. supplements. Here’s an explainer
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, or N.A.D.+, is a molecule found in all cells that’s essential for repairing damage, generating energy and ...
The public health establishment takes on the insurrectionist MAHA movement and searches for common ground
Dr. Georges Benjamin has seen many infectious disease outbreaks and bioterrorism threats in the near-25 years he's led the American ...
Would humans re-evolve if we went extinct?
To recreate an extinct species exactly, evolution would have to reproduce not just its traits but its entire genetic code ...
Here’s an argument for breaking the binary framework that now separates organic and conventional
Life was simpler when ‘conventional’ and ‘organic’ covered all approaches to farming. This binary viewpoint has helped the marketing of ...
Meeting the challenge of reducing the sustainability impact of synthetic fertilizers
Engineering soil microbes to fix atmospheric nitrogen and reduce the use of synthetic fertilizers in cereal crops is a hot space ...
Agricultural and food companies launch counter offensive against Kennedy’s food dye proposal
Big food companies are working with conservative strategists to build support for national standards that would preempt the state bans ...
Viewpoint: A 33%+ drop in food allergies challenges RFk, Jr.’s scientifically unsupported claim that aluminum in vaccines is causing a surge
[A] new study published in the journal Pediatrics found the rate of food allergies has declined from about 1.5 percent of all American children ...
Curing Alzheimer’s: Unwinding mystery of the 76-year-old man with a disease that (until now) always caused dementia by 50
Mr. Whitney, 76, is a scientific unicorn with potential to provide answers about one of the world’s most devastating diseases ...
Viewpoint: Beware the cancer quacks: Here’s why ‘functional-medicine-doctor-practicing-without-a-license’ Casey Means is a disaster choice for surgeon general
It appears that our next U.S. Surgeon General will be Casey Means, who labels herself a “functional medicine” doctor. Or ...
Miracle mineral? Magnesium is the hottest-selling supplement. Does it work? Can it be dangerous?
In the fast-moving world of supplements, it's magnesium's time to shine. And the industry is booming. The global magnesium market ...
What happens when weight loss drug users phase out too fast?
We celebrate the success stories of GLP-1s, but we rarely talk about the crash that follows when treatment stops. And ...
CRISPR tomatoes that can produce up to 400% more fruit are in development
In what could be a boon for local tomato production around the world, trait development company Phytoform just unveiled a ...
Ultra-processed foods stimulate dopamine and are addictive? Latest science challenges activist consensus
A neuroimaging study of young, healthy adults showed that consuming a milkshake did not, on average, result in a significant ...
Distancing United States, Africa-China agriculture partnership poised to strengthen
At the 2025 General Assembly of the China-Africa Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Alliance (CAASTIA), held ... in Addis Ababa, ...
Peanut allergies have plunged 43% in 8 years. Here’s how it was accomplished
Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) compared peanut and food allergies before pediatric guidelines about feeding changed in 2017 and after, ...
Viewpoint: The science behind seasonal affective disorder
Although seasonal affective disorder (Sad) was only formally recognised by psychiatrists in the 1980s, the link between the seasons, mood ...
Should women heed RFK, Jr.’s warning that COVID shots can harm children of pregnant women? New study says ‘no’
A new study suggests that children of mothers who had COVID-19 during pregnancy are at 29% higher risk of neurodevelopmental ...
DNA analysis used to decipher fossilized Neanderthal remains okayed for genetic analysis of alleged serial murderer
A judge in New York rejected a request on 23 September to disqualify the use of cutting-edge DNA sequencing as ...
Turning last night’s leftovers into fuel for airplanes of the future
One person’s trash is another person’s… jet fuel? Strange as it might sound, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign ...
Swine-origin flu remains a deadly threat. Here is a gene-edited way to protect pigs – and us
In a breakthrough for animal health and biosecurity, scientists at the Roslin Institute have successfully developed pigs resistant to classical ...
China escalates its push to replace U.S. and Europe in modernizing African farming
The 2025 General Assembly of the China-Africa Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Alliance (CAASTIA) kicked off ... in Addis Ababa, ...
The resurrection of the dire wolf is phony, but Colossal Biosciences’ de-extinction research could revolutionize drug development and healthcare
Similar to the way NASA’s effort to launch humans into space once triggered a frenzy of technological advances in areas ...
