Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
What are the trade-offs if India allows the import of U.S. GMO feed?
As India inches closer to announcing an interim trade deal with the United States...[the] proposed inclusion of genetically modified (GM) ...
Will deadly measles outbreaks become the new normal?
There have now been more measles cases in 2025 than in any other year since the contagious virus was declared ...
Why brussels sprouts taste better, and how will genetic engineering help create new varieties
About 30 years ago, a Dutch scientist identified the chemicals that made brussels sprouts bitter. He selected seed varieties with lower levels ...
More evidence that intelligence is mostly genetic
Brain dynamics and cognition share genetic roots. Criticality may guide future brain health research. A recent study published on June ...
Putting faces on the human tree of life: From Hobbit to 300,000 year old humans, here’s what we looked like
Now, scientists have revealed the most scientifically accurate reconstructions of what those ancient humans would have looked like. This includes ...
‘Bee death spiral’? Pesticide-resistant Varroa mites driving record number of U.S. honeybee losses
“Every time I went out to the beehive there were less and less,” says Bret Adee, one of the largest ...
UK commits within 10 years to screening all newborn babies for genetic diseases
Every baby in England is to have a DNA screening to avoid fatal diseases and receive personalised healthcare as part of the ...
What chemicals are used in organic farming?
[N]atural agricultural chemicals ... provide organic farming with pest management, nutrient supplementation and soil improvement solutions. [These include:] ... Pyrethrins: ...
More evidence that autism is genetic and potentially treatable
Researchers at Princeton University and the Simons Foundation have identified four clinically and biologically distinct subtypes of autism, marking a ...
Republicans in Congress and RFK, Jr. find common ground in using psychedelics to treat traumatized veterans
Driven by a desire to help ex-servicemembers with mental illness, GOP lawmakers led a failed campaign last year to persuade the Biden ...
Viewpoint: A world without glyphosate would mean more weeds, soil erosion and carbon emissions, and smaller crop yields
Too much rain can devastate a crop. That was especially true when cultivators were the primary weed technology. It was ...
Viewpoint: Radioactive drips, urine and snake venom — MAHA-inspired huckster biohackers endorse bizarre (and expensive) life-extension experiments
Welcome to Dave Asprey’s 2025 Biohacking Conference: a symposium of tech bros, wellness influencers, psychonauts, and scientists, all hoping to thwart the ravages ...
Unpacking RFK, Jr.’s claims: Are canola, soy bean and safflower oil feeding the obesity epidemic and poisoning America?
[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.] has said...vegetable oils — extracted from the seeds of plants, like canola, soybean and safflower — are ...
Is Elon Musk’s Grok-4 AI anti-semitic?
In a series of posts on X, the AI chatbot Grok apologized for what it admitted was "horrific behavior." The ...
Abu Dhabi’s ADQ to focus on vegetable gene editing as it seeks stake in seeds company
ADQ, Abu Dhabi's wealth fund, plans to acquire a 35 per cent stake in France's Limagrain Vegetable Seeds as the ...
Myths and facts about using cannabis to treat health problems
There’s ... substantial evidence that [cannabis] may ease nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy and may help control muscle spasms ...
From Lab to Forest: Biotech Trees for a Sustainable Future
Climate change is making forests more vulnerable to stress such as wildfires and pests, amid growing demand for their products ...
Viewpoint: ‘Alarming new research on glyphosate?’ Here’s how the Ramazzini Institute distorts science, spreads alarmism and fuels baseless lawsuits
According to a new study, glyphosate, the most widely used pesticide in the world, is extremely carcinogenic. In this study, ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s meandering path on gene editing policy may soon near a breakthrough moment
A very large number of countries (more than 30 spread over every continent: America, Asia, Africa and the Pacific Rim) ...
Digital therapies for smartphone addicts
[A] person hoping to reclaim their attention is trapped between two unappealing choices: downgrade to a minimalist “dumb phone,” or ...
Viewpoint: Jim O’Neill: The controversial longevity promoter and now RFK, Jr.’s second in command stirs worry in the public health community
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new right-hand man, [Jim] O’Neill is expected to wield authority at health agencies that fund ...
Sustainable drugs: Your pain killer pills may soon be made from plastic waste
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have succeeded in transforming certain plastic waste into acetaminophen using the natural properties of the ...
Tennessee becomes 16th state to require labelling of cell-based meat
Tennessee is laying the groundwork for how any "cell-cultured food product" can be sold in the state as lab-grown meat ...
After Trump-ordered cuts, what’s left of USAID?
As the United States Agency for International Development was being dismantled in early February, aid workers and officials in Washington ...
Wisconsin’s liberal Supreme Court bans rightwing attempt to legalize gay conversion therapy
The Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the state to permanently enact a ban on conversion therapy in a ruling ...
AI is helping to develop gentically engineered food for long-term space missions. We may all benefit
Stored meats, tomatoes and even onions can't last a few weeks let alone a seven-to-10 month journey to Mars but ...
Opportunities, challenges and concerns as gene edited pigs may soon be on the regulatory platter in Europe
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) recent decision [approving gene edited pigs] has prompted [quesions about] what this technology ...
