Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Viewpoint: NGOs are run by ‘lawyers and fundraisers’ who ignore science in their obsession to kill agricultural genetic engineering
If you read Twitter, and probably Bluesky, if anyone reads that, Republicans are in a War On Science and the ...
Cooling the planet one balloon at a time? Geoengineering experiment worries scientists
Luke Iseman has a plan to cool the planet, inspired by a science fiction novel, using balloons full of heat-reflecting ...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr ‘would put the public’s health in jeopardy: 75+ Nobel laureates urge Senate to reject HHS nominee
More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect ...
Viewpoint: Feminist social justice post-modernist professor rejects reproductive ‘technological innovations’ because they promote ‘intersectional oppressions’
Gig work in childcare, nursing, and transportation; non-invasive prenatal testing; gene editing; and space expeditions can all be attributed to ...
RFK Jr. is touting regenerative agriculture. The problem is no one knows what it is.
Indigenous farming practices are the trendy new agricultural craze sweeping both sides of the political aisle. The fight is over ...
What impact can regenerative farming have on climate change?
Regenerative agricultural practices are a set of rejuvenating farming and agricultural sustainable practices that seek to boost soil health, water resources, soil organic ...
Can cultured meat be considered vegan?
Since veganism means no animal inputs whatsoever, by definition, cultivated meat doesn’t fall under this umbrella. But it has been ...
Casgevy costs $2.2 million: First patient outside of a trial receives CRISPR cancer treatment
[T]he first medical treatment that uses the Nobel Prize-winning technology Crispr is now being given to patients. Called Casgevy, the ...
Even before the dinosaur era, mammal characteristics had begun to emerge
Mammals are familiar beasts. From a squirrel on a power line to a blue whale swimming through the sea, we ...
30 different medical conditions all trace to one gene
Scientists' investigation of a rare disorder in a single patient has solved [30 other] medical mysteries..... [P]patients had a wide ...
What is the likely future for glyphosate and other synthetic crop chemicals under the Trump Administration
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, will likely not be ...
Australian start up that brought us the cell-derived wooly mammoth meatball rolls out cultured foie gras
Sydney-cultivated meat startup Vow, best known for its “woolly mammoth meatball“, has launched ... a new product resembling the French ...
35% greenhouse emissions: Agriculture is one of the largest contributors to climate change. How can we turn that around?
Plants rely on nitrogen to grow, but they fail to take up a lot of the nitrogen in fertilizers applied ...
Astronauts will be spending longer stretches in space. How will that impact their brains?
Extended time in space is not exactly harmless to the human body. Radiation, altered gravity, sleep loss, can all take their toll on astronauts. Some ...
Scientists edge closer to perfecting bioprinting of human organs
Scientists have been fantasizing about the potential of precise 3D bioprinting for years. Just imagine, for example, if doctors could ...
Can depression be contagious?
The contagious nature of bacterial or viral infections like strep throat or influenza is well understood. You’re at risk of ...
Trump pledges to crack down on ‘harmful chemical poisoning’ and address a ‘chronic disease epidemic’. Here are some details
The next four years of federal food and health leadership could bring changes to what packaging materials are allowed in ...
How to improve crop yields
Conventional plant breeders [have] already optimized factors like plant size and [are] working on disease resistance. Based smack in the ...
Viewpoint: Facing steep agricultural challenges, Spain turns to technological innovation
The panorama of biotechnology ... such as genetic editing [enables] development of crops resistant to pests and diseases, and the optimization ...
Did the human brain evolve in sudden leaps as current theories suggest?
A detailed investigation of the expansion in human brains over 7 million years finds faster growth in modern humans and ...
Genetics and suicide—What’s the link?
More than 49,000 people will die by suicide this year. In 2023, the number of people dying by suicide was ...
Do DEI programs do the opposite of what they are intended to do? That’s what a startling Rutgers study concluded but the New York Times and Bloomberg spiked reports on it
In a stunning series of events, two leading media organizations—The New York Times and Bloomberg—abruptly shelved coverage of a groundbreaking study that raises ...
Why do humans kiss? Scientists now think they know, and it’s kind of creepy
Nobody knows when kissing emerged among humans. But the practice of plopping one's mouth on another human, whether in friendship ...
The first AI-guided garden where the plants tell you when they are thirsty
Have you ever joyously stepped out to your backyard garden, freshly brewed coffee in hand, only to find your meticulously cared-for ...
European Green Deal: European Union rolls out sustainable food agriculture monitoring platform
Transforming the food system is an urgent challenge to achieve the sustainable development goals and key EU policy priorities, among ...
Gene-edited soybeans are the latest plant to pave the way towards sustainable agriculture
A new experiment in soybeans is genetically engineering soybean plants in ways that improve their resistance to differing stresses like ...
Two different human species almost certainly encountered each other on the banks of a Kenyan lake 1.5 million years ago
Muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside suggest two of our early human ancestors were nearby neighbors some 1.5 million ...
