Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
555 million years ago: Meet Quaestio who scientists believe may have been Earth’s first mobile animal
Paleontologists have revealed the fossilized remains of a curious creature that is not only one of Earth's oldest animals, but ...
Everyone refrigerates some of their food. Here’s why that may not be a great idea
Nearly everything on the American plate is processed, shipped, stored, and sold under refrigeration. In her new book, Nicola Twilley ...
Do lobsters suffer in a pot as it reaches a boil? Can a 12-week-old fetus feel pain? Science address what constitutes sentience
Can artificial intelligence (AI) feel distress? Do lobsters suffer in a pot as it reaches a boil? Can a 12-week-old ...
Video—Viewpoint: Nutritionist Dr. Sarah Ballantyne: Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen vegetables and fruits is ‘fear-mongering’ and “not scientifically credible’
The Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen list is based on the number of pesticide residue detections found on foods, but ...
Poland dodges crop genetic modification ban, renews use of GM as animal feed
Polish farmers will be able to continue using animal fodder containing imported genetically modified soya or other GMO crops for ...
6 ways Russia deploys its disinformation bots to smear the agriculture and food practices of the U.S. and West
In order to push its geopolitical goals, the Russian Federation uses multiple propaganda tools, with topics ranging from global and ...
How do we feed future astronauts on Mars?
Unrelenting radiation, along with electrostatic discharge from planet-wide dust storms, drove chemical reactions in the arid Martian dirt, ultimately leaving ...
Psychedelics are touted as a mental health cure. We should be wary
No psychiatric treatment has attracted quite as much cash and hype as psychedelics have in the past decade. Articles about ...
Biological resilience: How aging disrupts our ability to bounce back from stress
Feel like it takes longer to recover from everything these days—whether it’s an injury or poor sleep? That’s the reality of ...
No needles: At home no shot flu vaccine approved, should be available next year
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first flu vaccine that people can administer to themselves at home. The ...
‘Suicide pod’ used for the first time to assist a woman in dying.
The world’s first assisted suicide pod wraps around the human body like a space capsule, tilting gently toward the sky ...
‘We will be able to bring our son back’: Indian couple wins the right to their dead son’s frozen semen
A couple in India have said they are "delighted" after a court ordered a hospital to hand over the frozen ...
Americans’ average lifespan now sits at 78 years. Will we continue to live longer?
The oldest human on record, Jeanne Calment of France, lived to the age of 122. What are the odds that ...
Gene-edited crops and animals face a challenging and evolving global regulatory landscape
Our current food system is facing a myriad of critical challenges. The United Nations predicts that the world population will ...
6 problems CRISPR gene-edited agriculture helps solve
Genome editing with CRISPR and other tools is an exciting new technology with myriad applications from human health to industrial ...
How EU politics hold back one researcher’s quest to disease-proof rice
For over a decade, Vittoria Brambilla has been trying to improve crops’ quality, yields, and nutritional value. But the botany ...
Nobel Prize winner Emmanuelle Charpentier on why biotechnology-wary Europe should embrace plant gene editing
Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry Emmanuelle Charpentier speaks. The authoritative opinion of the French biochemist and geneticist who received an ...
Mexico’s president proposes extending the ban of genetically modified crops “for both health and the protection of biodiversity in the country.”
President Claudia Sheinbaum reaffirmed the importance of the decree banning the planting of transgenic white corn in Mexico, highlighting that ...
From edible microrobot teeth cleaners to regenerating your teeth with a drug, the future of dentistry is poised to change
Imagine a world where you could regenerate a missing tooth with a single drug, and microrobots clean your teeth every ...
No good deed goes unpunished: Exxon faces California state suit for recycling 20% of its plastic
The Center for Climate Integrity (CCI), which is funded by the Rockefeller Family Fund, published a report alleging that “Big Oil” deceived ...
Video: What is the science behind aphrodisiacs?
Aphrodisiacs are substances like foods or supplements believed to increase sexual desire and pleasure. While many believe in their effects, ...
Since the repeal of Roe v. Wade, strict state anti-abortion laws have led to the prosecution of hundreds of women for pregnancy-related crimes
In the year after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to abortion in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s ...
Scientific fraud kills people — but it’s not illegal. What should be done?
[O]ne of the cases was when a woman delivered a stillborn baby at her home about six or seven months ...
Miracle therapy or courting danger? Weight-loss drugs are being touted as a potential cure of dozens of disorders
Animal studies and analyses of electronic health records suggest that the latest wave of weight-loss drugs — known as glucagon-like ...
Viewpoint: Organic farming and food will always be a niche product for the urban elite without significant health or environmental benefits
There are many claims that people make about organic farming. It is supposed to be healthier, more environmentally friendly, and ...
Insect-resistant, genetically modified Bt cotton revolutionized farming in India. Now it faces challenges. Here’s why
[Insect resistant] Bt cotton has played a transformative role in India’s agricultural landscape, especially in the cotton farming sector. Introduced ...
Video: Viewpoint—The opportunism of anti-chemical crusaders
Unless you think plants are little people, so you don't understand any science, it is impossible to believe a weedkiller ...
