Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
No liability for scientific due diligence: California Supreme Court rejects bizarre lawsuit faulting Gilead for fully evaluating HIV drug before release
The California Supreme Court on Monday reversed a lower court’s decision denying summary judgment to Gilead in a class action ...
Does Congress have the guts to successfully challenge Trump’s politicization of science funding?
The U.S. Senate is emerging as a potential bulwark against proposed rule changes that would give government bureaucrats more control ...
Viewpoint: Could the U.S. become dependent on China to develop critical new genetic and drug therapies?
Artificial intelligence is transforming bioengineering and biomedicine. ... The United States and China are locked in a race to develop ...
As measles vaccination rates collapse, scientists push for treatments long considered unnecessary
Up until recently, measles vaccination has been so effective that there’s been little medical or financial incentive to develop treatments for ...
Viewpoint: Trump’s relaxed controls on supplying China with microchips could undermine U.S. AI dominance
Americans often hear about China’s having surpassed the United States in the manufacturing of emerging technologies, including clean energy, electric ...
Viewpoint: Green energy supporters ‘fight back’ against conservative foundations backing fossil fuel industry
Outgoing Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson wants to see the renewable energy industry get more active in the halls of [the ...
Love sweets and fatty foods? You can blame your genes, but there are ways to quell the obsessions
Your preference for sweet or fatty foods could be influenced by certain gene variants, according to new research. People with ...
With trust in RFK, Jr.’s CDC vaccine advice collapsing, physicians scramble to fill the information gap
Dr. John Snyder, in Amherst, Mass., has been practicing pediatrics for 30 years. Whenever he wanted to find the most ...
Wikipedia has assembled an informative list of fake news websites from across the ideological spectrum
Fake news sites deliberately publish hoaxes and disinformation to drive web traffic inflamed by social media. These sites are distinguished from news satire (which is usually intended to be humorous) ...
Obsessing about ultra-processed foods but ignoring what matters far more: A balanced diet
“People have been told so many times now that processed foods are bad,” to the point that they can start ...
Viewpoint: ‘Misinformation’ about the effects of offshore wind turbines on marine life could derail offshore wind farm projects
Misinformation about the effects of offshore wind turbines on marine life could derail offshore wind farm projects in New York ...
The retreat of environmental extremism: Why activist NGOs are losing favor
During the American heat dome or Europe’s summer swelter and the hottest June days on record, we no longer have ...
How Kennedy and his family could pocket millions from Merck’s $50 million vaccine injury settlement that he oversaw
Kennedy for years has earned referral fees from Wisner Baum, a Los Angeles personal injury law firm that is currently ...
Controversy over WNBA star Sophie Cunningham’s comment opposing trans females in women’s sports reinvigorates the culture wars
Last week, Sophie Cunningham, Indiana’s controversial, outspoken 3-and-D spark plug, set the internet ablaze when she shared her opinion on ...
Climate scientists claim conservative activists are promoting ‘lies’ that Europe’s summer heatwaves are far from unusual
From debunking claims that cold winters do not act as proof that global warming is fake to allegations that the ...
AI-generated physicians promoting bogus cures and worthless supplements surge on social media
Misleading health claims online pose a “huge danger to public safety”, experts have warned, after research has shown that AI-generated ...
Fear, science, and the law: If talc powder is unlikely to cause cancer and J&J was winning in court, why did it pay more than $5.5 billion to settle?
It is one of the strangest corporate stories in recent history. Johnson & Johnson won most of the major talc ...
After muzzling RFK, Jr. over autism-vaccine conspiracy theories, Trump defies aides to push scares again
Donald Trump is pushing the longtime vaccine opponent and current health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr to be more aggressive ...
Bowing to Congressional pressure, Kennedy reverses himself and releases $600 million that helps developing countries buy and distribute vaccines
The departments of State and Health and Human Services confirmed [on July 29, 2026] they are releasing $600 million Congress ...
Two food fads that have some merit: Chia seeds in almost everything and protein added to water
"Proteinmaxxing" and "fibermaxxing," the trendy concepts of loading up on these nutrients for health benefits, are having a moment. But ...
Fat cat? GLP-1 weight loss drugs for animals are on the horizon
The GLP-1 boom spearheaded by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly has already reshaped how millions of people think about obesity, ...
Hidden hunger: Climate change is speeding up the decline of important nutrients in our food
Climate change is speeding up the decline in important nutrients in our food, according to 15 leading researchers from four ...
What is cyberchondria?
Health advice is everywhere on TikTok. And with just a few clicks, it's easy for users to fall down a ...
Viewpoint: How AI supercharges conspiracy theories and oversimplifications to distort online health information
Sudipta Sengupta, Founder-CEO of The Healthy India Project, one of India's leading health fact-checking platforms that has been flagging health ...
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr.’s depressingly misguided (and litigator-funded) crusade against antidepressants
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced plans to begin significantly reducing the most-used class of antidepressants in America. Under his ...
Prioritizing AI, robotics, and nuclear energy: Trump administration is guiding research funding away from independent universities to private companies
President Trump’s science adviser told lawmakers on [July 22, 2026] that the Trump administration intended to drastically overhaul the country’s ...
Europe’s tentative embrace of agricultural gene editing could revolutionize food production and health in Asia
On June 17, 2026, the European Parliament reached a historic milestone by endorsing New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), sending a powerful ...
