Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Viewpoint: ‘Get toxins out of our environment’—Despite pledges, Trump’s MAHA policies are making some Americans more vulnerable
In his March address to Congress, President Donald Trump honored a Texas boy diagnosed with brain cancer. Amid bipartisan applause, ...
Viewpoint: Vitamin-rich Golden Rice mired in the ideological infighting
White rice is the staple crop in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It must be polished for storage and ...
Empowering small farmholders and indigenous cultures is central to preserving at risk plants and forests
Empowering farmers, Indigenous Peoples, local communities and scientists to conserve and use genetic resources is key to resilient agrifood systems ...
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr. walking a tightrope in regulating pesticides and agriculture
Fifty-seven percent of national voters agreed that farmer control over weeds, diseases and pests on crops keeps food affordable, according ...
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr is peddling disinformation about autism—but it’s made him and his fellow tort lawyers a boatload of money
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on autism are clearly offensive. What’s less obvious is that they are also self-serving: He ...
Could residues of growth promoters used in meat production result in Olympic athletes testing positive for drug use?
Scientists at UCLA's Olympic Analytical Laboratory turned their sophisticated analytical capabilities for testing athlete samples for performance-enhancing drugs to research ...
Global regenerative farming market is booming. Here’s why
As global concerns about climate change, soil degradation, and food security intensify, regenerative agriculture has emerged as a beacon of ...
What will happen with 23andMe’s personal genetic data now that it’s been bought in a bankruptcy auction
[R]egeneron Pharmaceuticals has agreed to buy the genetic testing firm 23andMe Holding for $256m through a bankruptcy auction, the companies announced [last ...
The science of sitting—and why walking may be better for our bodies than running
In today’s world, exercise is often elevated to near-religious status. It’s hard to go a day without encountering the latest ...
Science brain drain begins: Europe announces program to actively recruit disenchanted U.S. young scientists
The European Research Council (ERC) decision to increase its support for leading researchers moving to Europe has today been formally ...
The growing role of AI, automation and renewables in agriculture
The use of artificial intelligence in agriculture is revolutionizing how people grow food. AI-powered systems can analyze vast amounts of ...
Empowering small farmholders and indigenous cultures is central to preserving at risk plants and forests
Empowering farmers, Indigenous Peoples, local communities and scientists to conserve and use genetic resources is key to resilient agrifood systems ...
Here’s how Oxitec’s GMO mosquitoes might help limit the scourge of malaria
Last year, Oxitec released tens of thousands of GM mosquitoes in Djibouti, where there has been a resurgence of malaria caused ...
Should genetically modified crops be regulated by the process that created them or the final product?
In many regulatory frameworks, a transgenic organism is one that contains deliberately altered genetic material which does not occur "naturally" ...
‘AI will play a central role in the human experience’: Mark Zuckerberg on the future of artificial intelligence in our daily lives
“I think people are going to want a system that knows them well and that kind of understands them in ...
RFK, Jr.’s MAHA Health Commission attacks vaccines, ultra-processed food for chronic health problems, tiptoes around criticizing crop chemicals
President Trump's Make America Healthy Again Commission blamed factors including bad diets, chemical exposure and unnecessary medication for causing childhood ...
Unraveling the genetic mystery of autism
Until the 1970s, the prevailing belief in psychiatry was that autism was a consequence of bad parenting. In the 1940s, ...
100 years after the Scopes trial, creationist beliefs show no sign of waning
Some people thought the 1925 Scopes monkey trial marked a cultural defeat for biblical fundamentalism. But a century after what ...
Tariff war: Europe open to trade concessions but draw the line at importing America’s hormone treated ‘beautiful beef’
Strict European Union food regulations, including a ban on hormones, govern [international butcher's work]. And those rules could turn into ...
‘Our brains aren’t just fancy computers’: AI is still no match for humans. Here’s why
In some ways, we do work like computers and use distributed networks of firing neurons in important ways. ... "I also ...
Swedes, especially youth, are open to crop gene editing and want regulations relaxed
Gene editing offers the opportunity to breed with precision, adapting crops and farm animals to a changing climate, providing disease ...
Ancient North American ancestry: Geneticist helps Pueblo tribe affirm its long-denied roots
Members of New Mexico’s Picuris Pueblo Tribal Nation have long told stories about having descended from ancient North American ancestors ...
Viewpoint: Organic farming is not as sustainable as popularly believed
At the supermarket, you’re often met with a choice: organic or not? Organic foods — largely free of synthetic pesticides, hormones and ...
How plant genetics could dramatically lower the environmental impact of fertilizer use in farming
Beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes play a critical role in agriculture, providing sustainable solutions to reduce dependency on synthetic ...
‘I was a ticking time bomb’: Surgeons perform first-ever human bladder transplant
Surgeons in Southern California have performed the first human bladder transplant, introducing a new, potentially life-changing procedure for people with ...
Can AI play a signficant role in addressing world hunger?
Achieving zero hunger is a huge task and humanitarians need to use every advantage that is available to them. AI ...
‘Viewpoint: ‘Going full RFK, Jr’.—Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton promotes conspiracy theories about dental hygiene and breakfast cereal
[Ken] Paxton, the Texas Attorney General and Senate candidate ... idea of a good government cause is to sue ...
