Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Rise of the robot farmer: How AI could reprogram global agriculture
Global agriculture is undergoing a technological renewal as the world continues to face problems, such as climate change, rising food ...
Viewpoint: Brace yourself–Here is how some universities prepare students to become sex therapists
What began as a simple accommodation request in a required course called Human Sexuality turned into a case study in ...
Meet Elsa: FDA embraces controversial AI bot to help evaluate drugs, medical devices and chemicals in food
FDA leaders say artificial intelligence has the potential to “radically increase efficiency” when analysing the vast volumes of data—often more ...
TikTok skin care advice for kids and teens isn’t just mostly wrong, it could damage your skin
A recent trend in video-based online content features girls as young as 7 years demonstrating multistep skin care regimens, which ...
Viewpoint: Glyphosate’s often overlooked role in sustainable farming
What IF glyphosate didn’t exist? The best answer to that question comes from Aimpoint Research. The food / ag wargame ...
Viewpoint: From tools to systems, the future of farming requires an AGI-driven design
For a long time, agriculture was about scale. More acres. More calories. More inputs. That worked, until it didn’t. The ...
Viewpoint: How to stop RFK, Jr.’s decimation of vaccination programs
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was appointed secretary of Health and Human Services, some hoped that the responsibility of public ...
Kraft, Pepsico and Tyson move to remove synthetic food dyes
Major food company Kraft Heinz said it will remove all chemical, artificial dyes from its food products following Health Secretary ...
Swallowing risk: The hidden dangers 7 of America’s most popular supplements
Three in four Americans take at least one dietary supplement, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Many people take ...
Viewpoint: Misplaced MAHA health strategy: Remove products that science says are not necessarily harmful while slashing federal programs that work
While the decision to remove artificial food dyes is typically something people across the political spectrum can get on board ...
Appreciating music: What are the evolutionary links between humans and other animals
Historically, many thought that humans were the only animals that could recognize an external beat and synchronously move to it ...
Near-death experiences: Conversations with the Creator?
They leave their bodies, witness a bright light and return forever changed. But do survivors of near-death experiences [NDEs] truly ...
As clouds form over migrant farm workers, industry looks towards AI and robotics
As domestic interest in farm work has declined, specialty growers are increasingly reliant on migrants who enter the country legally ...
Smart cities, smart farms: The rise of vertical farming in global urban agriculture
Climate-smart innovations combined with efforts to achieve food self-sufficiency are fueling the swift expansion of the global vertical farming market ...
Processed human sewage waste is sometimes used as cheap fertilizers. It’s potentially dangerous
About 3.5 million tonnes of sludge – the solid waste produced from human sewage at treatment plants - is put ...
What is ‘therapy speak’ and why is its proliferation so dangerous?
Psychiatric diagnosis has taken on a new role in public life. Turbocharged by social media, “therapy speak” has permeated every ...
MAHA proposed state-level restrictions on food additives gaining traction on the granola left and MAHA right
In a first-of-its-kind effort, the Texas legislature has passed a bill to require warning labels on foods such as Mountain ...
Viewpoint: Challenging food myths: What would it be like if we continue to demonize modern, high tech agriculture?
The current wave of food anxiety stems, in large part, from a misunderstanding of hazard versus risk. A substance can ...
What causes ‘mind blanking’?
Researchers think that our minds are blank somewhere between 5 and 20 percent of the time ... Athena Demertzi, a cognitive neuroscientist ...
A promising annual shot might provide long term protection against HIV
Every year, my colleagues and I put together a list of what we think are the top 10 breakthrough technologies ...
Viewpoint: With lower yields, the future of organic farming is endangered. It needs biotechnology
The EU should allow gene editing to make organic farming more sustainable, researchers say. To achieve the European Green Deal’s ...
‘Mutational discrimination’: Gene editing medical innovations are leaving out people with rare diseases
Stunning advances in genetic science have revealed the subtle, insidious culprits behind these brutal [rare genetic] diseases and have started ...
Viewpoint: With science and medicine under assault, more people turn to search and social media for guidance. That’s scary
[T]he authority of medical experts has crumbled under the combined weight of disillusionment and the flood of information now available ...
The never-ending GMO debate: Pros and cons
According to the Genetic Literacy Project, “The most recent data from the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) ...
Viewpoint: What impact will Trump’s budget cuts have on U.S. ability to track and adapt to climate change
Over the last few months, … there’s been an explosion of news about proposed budget cuts to science in the ...
Food-borne illnesses are a growing problem. CRISPR-based biosensing may be key to food safety
The availability of safe food is crucial for maintaining both nutritional well-being and overall health security. Estimates indicate that 1 in 10 people ...
Viewpoint: High IQ vs. Low IQ—America’s legacy of eugenics
[T]he morning after a tragic midair collision in Washington, DC, between a military helicopter and an American Airlines plane, President ...
