Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Bowing to pressure from the cattle industry, Texas bans the sale of lab grown meat
Texas has banned the sale of lab-grown meat for the next two years, despite the product not being sold in ...
The future of labor? Meet the new generation of humanoid robots
Humanoid robots are long-standing icons of the future alongside space travel and flying cars. Some tech leaders and investors believe ...
From measles to HPV, the financial cost of vaccine avoidance could bankrupt the entire health care system
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to undermine vaccines in America are not just scientifically absurd. They’re also financially ruinous. The ...
Debate over crop chemicals driving a wedge between original MAHA and MAGA converts
Banning or heavily restricting certain pesticides has been a core tenet of the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement, and supporters ...
Viewpoint: What happens when you Silicon Valley-ify the dubious effort to breed super children?
An understandable ethics outcry greeted the June announcement of a software platform that offers aspiring parents “genetic optimization” of their embryos. Touted by ...
Reworking the brain: Experimental stimulation relieves some with decades of pain
Edward Mowery lived with excruciating pain for years: Picture being put into a hot frying pan, he said, and then someone ...
Milestone in organ transplants, as FDA approves gene-edited pig kidneys for human clinical trials
Scientists have reached a major milestone in animal-to-human transplant research as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the ...
Thinking of using AI for therapy? Here are 5 things to keep in mind
Be mindful. Be aware of the “sycophantic nature of these entities” and keep an eye on how much time you ...
Mediterranean diet may offset much of the genetic risk of Alzheimer’s
Many observational studies have linked a Mediterranean diet to better cognitive health. ... Now, new research suggests that people at ...
From soil to DNA: How micronutrients drove genetic adaptations across human populations worldwide
Micronutrients, minerals that are part of the human diet in small amounts, may have influenced human evolution more than previously ...
The future of farming: Resilience vs Efficiency
Farmers should redesign agricultural systems by prioritising resilience over efficiency and supporting farmers through gradual, practical transitions rather than forcing ...
With Trump’s support, RFK, Jr.’s CDC to use unverified data to claim that the Covid shots are linked to 25 child deaths
Trump health officials plan to link coronavirus vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting which Americans ...
Viewpoint: How association studies and ‘links’ distort our understanding of the relative risks of different foods
There is a growing debate about ultra-processed foods (UPFs) —products designed for shelf life and taste, typically high in added ...
Weed-killing technology: What to do when herbicide-resistant weeds threaten to swarm crops
The weed control equipment trundling through the field in southern Ontario checked a lot of sci-fi boxes. They were robots, ...
Cilantro tastes like soap to you? It’s in your genes
Family medicine specialist Neha Vyas, MD, says cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) is one of the most polarizing herbs used in modern cooking. Why? Because ...
DNA screening start-up claims it can screen embryos for the likelihood of age-related diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s
Prospective parents using IVF will soon be able to rank embryos using genetic and other information in the hopes of extending ...
Russia, China and the surge in dark money funding tying up European courts and regulators of critical products
The litigation funding industry is growing rapidly as unaccountable foreign money pours into our courtrooms. ... China and Russia are both ...
Jack-o-Lantern leaves: How phosphor-packed plants might one day help reduce utility bills
In a recent study, a research team led by Shuting Liu — a bioengineer at South China Agricultural University — ...
Trump administration claims $10 million worth of contraceptives headed to low-income countries destroyed — Belgium finds stockpile intact
The Trump administration told The New York Times ... that it had destroyed millions of dollars’ worth of birth control ...
US children receive 92 vaccine doses? RFK, Jr.’s vaccine math doesn’t add up
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a Senate hearing ... that children receive up to ...
It’s often said that humans and chimps share 99% of their DNA. That means a lot less than almost everybody believes it means
Early research suggested that human and chimp genomes are more than 98% identical. "What it means is that for each ...
Viewpoint: What’s behind the recent surge in anti-glyphosate propaganda?
Here’s what I’m observing: 1. Monsanto is gone. Bought by Bayer. A German conglomerate. 2. Syngenta is gone. Bought by ...
Here are the questions farmers need answer to when deciding what system technology is best for them and the consumers
For nearly 30 years, the loudest argument about GMOs has circled a single point: Are they safe to eat? That’s ...
RFK, Jr’s child health plan promises big with 128 ideas, with little-to-no actionable solutions or details
The Make America Healthy Again Commission, led by Kennedy, identified four potential drivers behind rising rates of chronic disease among ...
What legal rights should non-conscious AI’s have?
In Silicon Valley, there’s a small but growing field called model welfare, which is working to figure out whether AI models ...
Viewpoint: Regardless of benefits, the current renaissance of biotech breakthroughs still requires guardrails to mitigate risks
Biotechnology - synthetic biology, the engineering of living systems - is no longer something locked away in high-tech labs. It’s ...
Greece welcomed the humanoid Olympic games. Don’t worry athletes—it will be many years before they are true competitors
With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadow-boxing skills and shot arrows ... at the birthplace of the ...
