Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
8 breakthroughs in science during 2024
Scientists are making new discoveries every day. Although some may fly under the radar, many of these findings are groundbreaking ...
What defines ‘Regenerative Agriculture’ and does it deliver real benefits?
While explicit promotion of “Regenerative Agriculture” is a relatively recent trend, it’s practical implementation typically involves a combination of already ...
Extreme weather is threatening global food supplies. What can be done?
As the world grapples with the challenge of feeding a growing population against an increasingly unstable backdrop, leading journal Science ...
Viewpoint: The downsides of the ‘clean eating’ fad
“Clean eating” is a dietary trend focused on consuming whole foods while avoiding processed and packaged foods with refined sugars, ...
Video: Feed the Planet: Building a cooler relationship between an Earth for 8 billion
George Steinmetz and Andrew Revkin discuss, Building a Cooler Relationship Between People and Planet, a new book covering how humanity ...
Who will inherit our planet if—when—humans breathe their last
Our species’ relationship with the planet has been profoundly destructive. Habitat destruction, climate change, and relentless resource extraction have pushed ...
5 medical breakthroughs over the past year
From a pig kidney transplant to restoring genetic deafness, 2024 was a year full of medical breakthroughs. The breakthroughs include ...
‘We are going straight to Mars’: Musk pledges to reset US space exploration ambitions
Although SpaceX founder Elon Musk is known for outspokenness and controversial comments on his social media site X, ... he ...
An alliance between Democrat Cory Booker and RFK, Jr.?
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker could potentially have a new and unexpected partner to push his objectives on improving ...
China barrels ahead in its quest to exploit agricultural biotechnology, leaving other countries behind
China has approved five gene-edited crop varieties and 12 types of genetically modified (GM) soybean, corn and cotton, expanding approvals ...
Mexico’s rejection of U.S. GMO corn and glyphosate not based on science, trade panel rules
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai [has] announced that the United States has prevailed in its dispute under the United ...
Republican Congress planning to target transgender rights to promote what they call ‘common sense guardrails’
Republicans’ first response to Sarah McBride’s election to Congress was to ban her from using women’s restrooms throughout the Capitol ...
U.S. Surgeon General wants to put cancer warning labels on alcohol: Here’s why
Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States behind tobacco use and obesity. Alcohol consumption ...
COVID is 5 years old, and still causing havoc. What does the future hold?
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 are not going away. The disease now is endemic. When we consider viruses that cause potentially acute ...
Growing concern as man-made ‘mirror life’ has the potential to wreak havoc on the immune system
Scientists are sounding new alarms about man-made organisms whose constituent molecules are mirror images of what's found in nature and ...
Grocery store shoppers love organic food and regenerative farming but balk at having to pay for it
Joseph Balagtas is a Purdue University professor of agriculture economics and the director of the Center for Food Demand Analysis and ...
Ultra-processed foods are confirmed to be linked with cancer in a ‘powerful way’
Science has already linked ultra-processed foods to heart disease, inflammation, diabetes, and cancer. But new research out of the University of South Florida ...
What might food policy look like under the Trump presidency?
Donald Trump is in the process of filling out his second-term cabinet, and he recently announced appointees to lead the ...
Can agricultural robots cut down on weeds without chemicals or carbon-releasing tilling?
Weeds are the bane of all farmers. They compete with crops for soil moisture and nutrients and can block out ...
Hype or helpful: What does ‘clean eating’ really mean?
Eating clean sounds smart—in theory. Generally, the idea focuses on eating more whole foods and less ultra-processed foods. (Great!) But in practice, ...
‘Widespread disconnect between reality and public perception’—Why factory farming is superior to organic
[T]here is no evidence of any nutritional or health advantage from consuming organic produce. Further – and most people I ...
The ol’ org chart is getting an AI upgrade and businesses can not get it fast enough
Ever since the invention of the org chart in the 1850s, company structures have changed very little—they are hierarchical and ...
Genetically modified pig organ transplants may soon save thousands every year
Towana Looney can hardly contain her anticipation as she waits to get wheeled to an operating room at the NYU ...
‘People don’t always realize they are creating a human being and not a piece of furniture’: What’s the psychological health of the first generation of designer babies?
People who have children this way often place too much importance on genes while ignoring the environment. It’s like, “This ...
What is the future of no-till farming?
No-till farming holds significant promise as a sustainable agricultural practice that can help address some of the key challenges facing ...
GLP-1 Friendly: How Big Food is trying to leverage the GLP-1 weight loss drug fad
Packaged-food giant Conagra Foods is hoping to appeal to people taking weight-loss drugs with frozen entrees like chicken fettuccini alfredo ...
Say good-bye to vegan shrimp: Boom in vegan alternatives sputters out
What is made from seaweed, peas, and konjac root? That's right: vegan shrimp – or «vrimp,» as Nestlé called the ...
