Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Some early ancient humans were cannibals and ate children
Archaeologists discovered new evidence of cannibalism among early human ancestors at the Gran Dolina cave site in northern Spain. The ...
Low testosterone? GLP-1 weight loss drugs boost male hormone levels by almost 50% even without weight loss
GLP-1 anti-obesity medications are linked with improvements in testosterone levels and health outcomes for men with obesity or type 2 ...
Genetically modified fish seed high in omega-3 oil awaits UK approval
Nufarm Seed Technology is awaiting final decisions from the European Union and the United Kingdom on whether they will follow ...
Can gene editing eliminate Down syndrome? Scientists have done it in lab-grown cells
Could Down syndrome one day be corrected at the cellular level? Japanese scientists may have taken an extraordinary step toward ...
Viewpoint: France’s scientifically backward view on an alleged bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticide will ensure serious destruction of leafy vegetables and fruits
France is a blessed country. After having counted 68 million doctors during the Covid crisis, then 68 million athletes during ...
Viewpoint: A skeptical view of the still far-fetched idea of human cloning
At least 25 species have now been cloned, and variants on the technology are still being developed: The recent “de-extinction” of ...
How climate change is helping drive food price inflation
Florida is one of the country’s top producers of fruits and vegetables. ... But climate change has already altered Florida’s ...
Viewpoint: Productive intensive agriculture scapegoated in scientifically-ignorant MAHA report
Much of the [MAHA] report, like the notion of “making America healthy again,” seems like a good idea on the ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s backward view on pesticides—Banning synthetic crop chemicals for effective organic alternatives ensures armyworms will devastate corn crops
The polyphagous Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm), a Lepidopteran pest, has European farmers in a panic and, when the environmental NGOs ...
Silicon Valley ‘superbabies’: Elon Musk and other investors claim genetic screening nothing more than a genetic trust fund
[Noor Siddiqui's] company, San Francisco-based Orchid Health, screens embryos for thousands of potential future illnesses, letting prospective parents plan their ...
Viewpoint: Tort lawyers are partnering with environmental groups and profiteering off of junk science
In recent years, an alarming trend has emerged in civil tort litigation. Attorneys are increasingly relying on questionable studies and ...
Longevity medicine: Exploitation or an innovative approach to health?
Establishing a new discipline of medicine is no mean feat. Longevity doctors have started to make progress by establishing learning ...
No tears, no taste? Naturally bred tearless onions sparks debate
“Tearless” onions have made it to New Zealand, now being grown in Auckland and sold nationwide. Woolworths New Zealand launched ...
How does Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill impact farmers
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was signed into law July 4 is indeed big, but just how beautiful ...
Woke AI: Trump shifts monitoring focus from chemical and biological weapons to rooting out ‘political correctness’
When the Biden administration created an “A.I. Safety Institute” two years ago, its charge was to act as a kind ...
How gene editing could transform the humble potato into a sustainability powerhouse
In Peru, [gene editing] is already beginning to emerge as an ally in facing the challenges posed by climate change, ...
Genes and sports: Europeans are far more likely than any other population group–especially Africans–to carry a Neanderthal mutation that limits their ability to become top athletes
Scientists have uncovered a genetic variant, inherited from Neanderthals, that may limit athletic performance. The mutation is thought to affect ...
Human intelligence genes linked to cancer
A study led by Dr. LI Chuanyun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of ...
Viewpoint: Toxic narratives—Fear is the environmental activists’ only product
Welcome to the Age of Alarmism, where the “Fear Industry” operates like a well-oiled machine, churning out daily doses of ...
How to stop malaria-spreading mosquitoes? If approved, gene editing could do it
Each year, 263 million people get malaria. But from the parasite's perspective, infecting humans is harder than you might think, ...
‘Three parent babies’ aren’t new. Here is what science has accomplished so far
[E]ight babies have been born in the UK following an experimental form of IVF that involves DNA from three people ...
7 technologically futuristic foods are already rolling out
As the global population accelerates towards nearly 10 billion by mid-century, the imperative to transform food production systems has never ...
Climate change is pushing more and more species towards extinction. Gene editing may be a savior
Gene editing technologies, such as those used in agriculture and de-extinction efforts, can be repurposed to provide what an international ...
Food security: US Ag Department blocks support of many foreign nationals
The Agriculture Department is applying more scrutiny to research done by its employees alongside noncitizens. The directives, laid out in ...
How our diet impacts hormones
Hormones are chemical messengers that quietly dictate everything from how well you sleep to how alert you feel, how easily ...
Universal cancer vaccine? mRNA technology is promising
An experimental mRNA vaccine that supercharges existing cancer treatments could be laying the groundwork for a “universal” cancer vaccine, according ...
Stepping out of the shadows: UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization voices stronger support for crop biotechnology
While many private firms, research institutions and public agencies have been very active in communicating the benefits of agricultural biotechnology ...
