Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
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 ...
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 ...
Younger Chinese farmers readily embracing AI and other smart technologies
From AI-powered data platforms to drones flying across the skies, Generation Z farmers in China are embracing a modern approach ...
The antivax Amish are RFK, Jr. supporters’ latest poster child for science rejectionism
Unfortunately, the Amish have become the poster child for the anti-vax movement...The implication is that vaccines are not needed, since ...
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 ...
Planned Parenthood’s precarious future
Planned Parenthood, the massive, 108-year-old network of women’s and reproductive health clinics that operates almost 600 health centers across the United States, ...
Gene editing could revolutionize sustainable food production in Peru
Peruvian agriculture is [characterized] by crops such as potato, maize, rice, asparagus, mango, banana, avocado, cassava, onion, oil palm, chili, ...
M&M’s and Fruit Loops — two symbols of dyes in processed food — are resisting RFK, Jr.’s call for ‘voluntary’ replacements
[A]fter he declared war on synthetic food dyes, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has already secured the cooperation of ...
AI agents are fast gaining autonomy. What could go right and wrong?
LLM agents don’t have much of a track record yet, but to hear CEOs tell it, they will transform the ...
RFK, Jr., other vaccine skeptics claim children get too many shots too soon. Here are the facts
In 1986, a typical child was recommended to receive 11 vaccine doses — seven injections and four oral. Today, that ...
How plant-based meats are made
As a vegetarian I’d be the first to say that plant-based meat has gotten significantly more pleasant in the last ...
Viewpoint: Is it possible to reconcile RFK, Jr.’s wacky health conspiracy theories with his genuine commitment to improve public health?
The most powerful public health official in the US has made it his mission to tackle what he describes as ...
Will AI undermine or advance the fast-growing regenerative agriculture movement?
For many, the essence of regenerative agriculture lies in working with nature, not against it. This perspective often views high-tech ...
Gene editing may be the only hope to combat the citrus greening scourge
CRISPR is now steering fresh new advancements in agriculture, particularly in combating Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening, a ...
Even though AI tools like ChatGPT are free to use, they come at a high environmental cost
"The difference between using Google as a search engine and ChatGPT is that ChatGPT uses ten times more energy," says ...
USDA takes aim at Chinese farmland holdings amid rising national security concerns
U.S. Department of Agriculture chief Brooke Rollins announced...that the U.S. government will move to ban sales of farmland nationwide to ...
Viewpoint: Gay journalist explains how gay quest for equal rights has been subverted by queer radicals
...Gay marriage is backed by around 70 percent of Americans, and discrimination against gay men, lesbians and transgender people is opposed by ...
China, U.S. and Australia emerge as central hub of smart agriculture as AI and new technologies revolutionize farming
A bibliometric analysis published in Agriculture...maps the explosive growth of digital agriculture research from 1979 to 2025. ... Using Web of ...
Why evolution hasn’t eliminated human susceptibility to depression as it has for other diseases
Depression feels weird compared to things like fear or anger, which help us survive by warning us of danger or pushing us into action ...
Viewpoint: Can gene editing address the looming food supply crisis?
As our civilization faces the conjunction of rising population and climate instability, the question of food security is rising back ...
Farm chemicals and technology: Challenges, risks and opportunities
Agricultural chemicals, including insecticides, pesticides, herbicides, and plant growth regulators, are indispensable tools in modern farming. They play a crucial ...
 ‘AI deskilling’: What are the policy implications of a surge in the ‘knowledge economy’
The US, like other developed economies, is dominated by services...Many of these jobs, particularly the higher-skilled ones, are found in ...
Viewpoint: The junk science consequences of RFK, Jr.’s attack on respected, scrupulously peer-reviewed academic science journals
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has threatened to prevent government scientists from publishing their work in leading medical ...
 ‘Designer baby’ startup: Controversal germline editing company Bootstrap Bio raising money for germline gene editing launch
A California-startup focused on genetically editing human embryos — a step toward creating so-called designer babies — is raising money ...
Olympics on Steroids: The juiced enhanced games are coming in 2026. But that’s not the most bizarre gimmick
[James] Magnussen, a triple Olympic medalist and world champion in the 100-meter freestyle, had been retired from professional sports for ...
