Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Trump’s plan to import millions of dollars of Argentinian beef to lower prices runs into opposition from ranchers and economists
President Donald Trump ’s plan to cut record beef prices by importing more meat from Argentina is running into heated opposition from U.S ...
Vaccine rejectionist activists got Idaho to ban shot mandates. They’re now targeting the rest of the country
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie ...
Australia approves commercial planting of genetically modified cotton
Australia's Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) has issued license DIR 216 to Bayer CropScience Pty. Ltd., authorizing the ...
Mexican scientists call for quick approvals of gene-edited crops even as restrictions persist on GMO agriculture
Researchers in Mexico are urging the government to develop clear regulations that distinguish gene-editing technologies, such as CRISPR, from genetically ...
OpenAI’s ‘sovereign AI’ goes head-to-head with China’s
OpenAI has announced a number of projects this year with foreign governments to help build out what it has called their “sovereign AI” ...
AI chip-powered retinal implant shown to help blind victims see again
People who had lost their sight have regained the ability to read after receiving an innovative electronic eye implant paired ...
Viewpoint: Dissecting HHS Secretary and tort lawyer RFK, Jr.’s Tylenol-autism scam: Billions of dollars of class action lawsuits
RFK Jr. is relying on select studies and questionable experts for his autism claims, using the bully pulpit of federal power to ...
ChatGPT and other generative AI suppresses brain activity. Is it slowly making us stupid?
With some MIT colleagues, [Nataliya] Kosmyna set up an experiment ... to monitor people’s brain activity while they wrote essays, ...
Will ‘neophobia’ kill the newly-developed gene-edited, non-browning banana
When a banana is bruised, cut, or peeled, enzymes trigger a chemical cascade that ends in melanin, the same pigment ...
Argentina and Japan far ahead of U.S. and Canada in developing gene-edited livestock
A more permissive approach to gene editing regulation in Argentina has led to greater diversity of innovation and a shift ...
Viewpoint: Glyphosate is agriculture’s scapegoat
Glyphosate has played a central role in modern agriculture’s ability to increase yields, reduce labour costs and conserve soil through ...
As you age, even a small amount of alcohol each week can increase the risk of dementia
For years, the common wisdom and science was that a little bit of alcohol wasn’t bad — and even beneficial ...
More than ¼ of Americans live with chronic pain. There may be a neurological ‘off button’ to block it
Arthritis. Endometriosis. Fibromyalgia. Multiple Sclerosis. Postherpetic neuralgia. Sometimes, chronic pain doesn’t even come with a diagnosis, but is the aftermath of ...
Rewriting nature: The promise and peril of gene editing wildlife to save it
[One] of the world's largest conservation groups will weigh in on how ... gene-editing tools should be used to aid ...
Latest Trump and RFK, Jr. health misinformation rabbit hole: No, aluminum in vaccines is not dangerous or causally linked to autism
“We want no aluminum in the vaccine,” Trump said during the White House press conference, surprising even some ardent anti-vaccine ...
Transforming food waste into biodegradable ultra-thin plastic
In the face of the growing global crisis due to plastic pollution, a team from Monash University in Melbourne (Australia) has managed to transform food ...
India negotiating removing block on importing US GMO grains to forge new trade deal
In a world where an ever-growing portion of grains is grown from genetically modified seeds, India has sat on the ...
How social media promotes far-right extremism
Over the past decades, far-right extremists have carried out several attacks in the West. Many of them were radicalised through ...
Dr. Google gets an upgrade—Dr. AI is not so problematic. Here’s how to use it
Chances are high that you have used artificial intelligence to research your own medical concerns or will be tempted to ...
What you probably don’t know: For most fast-food fans, bioengineering isn’t a choice — it’s the norm
Think you’re grabbing a quick “natural” bite from your favorite burger joint? Think again. Whether you order a Big Mac, ...
Industrial ‘white biotechnology’ poised to jump-start Nigerian economy
Nigeria, with its abundant biodiversity, dynamic population, and growing technological capabilities, is uniquely positioned to harness biotechnology for transformative growth ...
Vaccine rejectionism spurring continued surge in U.S. measles cases
Nearly two months after a deadly, massive measles outbreak in Texas was declared over, the highly contagious disease continues to spread across ...
‘Ultra-processed’ does not automatically equate to ‘unhealthy’
They have been called “poison”, “addictive” and “junk”, but however you describe ultra-processed foods (UPFs), it is clear they are the nutritional ...
What do MAHA and MAGA supporters think about vaccines?
At the start of his second term, President Donald Trump established the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, chaired by Health and ...
Chemophobia: From anti-corporate liberal left to MAHA right, it’s getting worse
Chemophobia is complicated, but, in short, it’s a distrust or fear of chemicals and appears in many of aspects of ...
Britain’s landmark agricultural gene editing law kicks in next month. Here’s what to expect
Over the next few years, we could see the arrival of not just genetically altered tomatoes, but also bananas and ...
Here’s the scoop on Big Tech’s multi-million dollar carbon removal climate bet
Today, after [US pulp and paper] factories chip the softwood and digest it into pulp, the leftover lignin, spent chemicals, ...
