Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Viewpoint: Here’s the ‘progressive’ take on regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture, the practice of restoring rather than depleting the land, has been suffocated by companies that thrive on making farmers ...
Viewpoint: How our food choices impact the global environment
Messaging about healthy and sustainable food choices — buying local, the best diets, the cost of nutritious food — can ...
DNA barcoding: How it revolutionized tracking food fraud
[T]he 2013 horsemeat scandal is considered one of the most egregious cases of food fraud on the continent [Europe], and ...
Gene therapy offers hope for people with rare, exorbitantly-expensive-to-treat diseases
[S]tunning advances in genetic science have revealed the subtle, insidious culprits behind [rare genetic] diseases and have started paving the ...
Viewpoint: ‘Get the government out of agriculture’? Civil Eats assesses Trump’s disruptive first 100 days on ‘food, farming and fairness’
Over the past 100 days [of President Trump's second term], President Trump and his collaborators have taken a sledgehammer to ...
Viewpoint: ‘Pesticide soaked’—Activists target sustainable ‘no till’ farming, but science disagrees
A Washington D.C.-based environmental group published a lengthy report [April 29, 2025] criticizing no-till systems across the U.S. for their ...
Viewpoint: Is drinking water harmful? Activist paper demonstrates how science can be twisted to open the door to tort claims
The drinking water treatment process is designed to remove harmful pathogens that are prevalent in nature, but a new study ...
Most mammals are hairy. Why not humans?
Humans are members of a weirdly exclusive club of mostly naked mammals, sharing that honorable distinction with the likes of ...
What are the barriers limiting organic food consumption globally
Current dietary practices significantly contribute to environmental degradation, with organic food consumption emerging as a viable alternative for promoting sustainability ...
India becomes first country to approve yield-boosting gene edited rice
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday [April 4, 2025] unveiled India’s first genome-edited rice varieties, DRR Dhan 100 ...
Girls physically mature years earlier than boys. Does that mean they develop faster cognitively, too?
“It has long been known that girls reach puberty earlier than boys, that they become physically mature earlier. However, we ...
Keeping sewers clean: Subterranean drones are thankfully replacing human workers
The key to preventing [sewer related] disasters ... is regular inspection of sewer lines, hunting down any cracks and fissures ...
Intermittent fasting – timing when you eat – has legions of supporters but not strong science to back it up
Intermittent fasting has been shown to lead to some weight loss in several studies. But it might not work better than other ...
Viewpoint: ‘It could sicken millions and kill many’—Massive anti-vaccine disinformation activists intensify their propaganda campaign
A long-running nationwide brainwashing campaign, conducted in plain sight, now comes to its deadly culmination. The predictable consequence—reviving a preventable childhood disease ...
Viewpoint: The science of reversing aging remains little more than a dream. Here’s why
The dream of reversing aging has captivated humans for centuries, and today science is closer than it ever has been ...
The coming rice crisis: Can biotechnology prevent global shortages?
More frequent droughts, extreme heat and erratic weather in Asia, where 90 per cent of the world’s rice is grown, ...
What would be the consequences if the weedkiller glyphosate is restricted or banned? Here’s a case study for Missouri
Glyphosate is an essential herbicide for Missouri’s agriculture, playing a vital role in helping farmers effectively control weeds and boost ...
Trump administration cuts $1 billion in funding for sustainable, ‘climate smart’ farm programs
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced in a press release Monday her agency was immediately canceling the $3.1 billion program. The agency said ...
Viewpoint: ‘I do my own research’—RFK, Jr.’s. let’s his mask slip, rejoins the Qanon, Elvis-is-alive wing of vaccine rejectionists
["D]o your own research,” which for years became a catchphrase mostly for the woo-woo set of America — the Elvis-is-alive ...
Tea bags have more than just tea leaves in them. Nanoplastics are common and persistent
Plastic waste contamination represents a critical environmental challenge with growing implications for future generations, However, the health risks associated with ...
Viewpoint: Nigeria is on the cusp of an agricultural genetic modification revolution. Here’s why patent protections are so crucial
The intersection of intellectual property (IP) and genomics is reshaping the landscape of healthcare, biotechnology, and business in Nigeria. Genomics—the ...
How biotech supercharged by AI, robotics and blockchain can help tackle climate change and food shortages
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, robotics, and blockchain is transforming agriculture worldwide. These technologies tackle pressing issues such ...
AI models often promote stereotypes. Now there is a program that exposes biases
[A] new dataset [Margaret Mitchell] helped create [tests] how AI models continue perpetuating stereotypes. Unlike most bias-mitigation efforts that prioritize ...
‘It’s not a eureka solution’: RFK, Jr.’s NIH kills funding for future COVID vaccines to support controversial longshot ‘universal’ shot
In a shift away from next-generation Covid-19 vaccines, the Trump administration is investing $500 million in a vaccine project championed ...
‘If our genetic differences are part of what makes us human, do we have the right — or the responsibility — to change them?
With CRISPR technology, scientists can now edit both somatic genes (from the body) and germline genes (from gametes, the sex cells ...
Seafood of the future is now: 3D-printed calamari has more protein than real squid
Your next fried calamari appetizer might come from a printer, not the ocean. Scientists from the National University of Singapore ...
Trump brain drain: 3/4 of American scientists say they’re considering leaving the U.S. to pursue their work.
"We may very well see, as a result of what's happened in these dramatic few months, a reverse brain drain, ...
