Genetics and race: An awkward conversation during volatile times

Genetics and race: An awkward conversation during volatile times

Patrick Whittle | 
Discussing inter-group divergence is largely taboo. So do we just ignore the deluge of data? ...
More than 5,000 US children recovered from COVID — then the virus roared back at life-threatening levels. Here's what we know

More than 5,000 US children recovered from COVID — then the virus roared back at life-threatening levels. Here’s what we know

Liz Szabo | 
Like most other kids with covid, Dante and Michael DeMaino seemed to have no serious symptoms. Infected in mid-February, both ...
Viewpoint: Do phthalates and other chemicals used in food packaging threaten your health, as recent headlines claim? Here’s the science

Viewpoint: Do phthalates and other chemicals used in food packaging threaten your health, as recent headlines claim? Here’s the science

Susan Goldhaber | 
"Synthetic chemical in consumer products linked to early death, study finds.” "People with the highest levels of phthalates had a ...
Viewpoint: Gilles-Éric Séralini, Vandana Shiva, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Anti-GMO characters join together in book diatribe misrepresenting the science about glyphosate and Monsanto

Viewpoint: Gilles-Éric Séralini, Vandana Shiva, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Anti-GMO characters join together in book diatribe misrepresenting the science about glyphosate and Monsanto

Andrew Porterfield | 
The recent court victories against the former Monsanto involving glyphosate constitute a major cause célèbre for anti-GMO activists. Now, another ...
Viewpoint: Organic industry-funded EWG issues absurd critique of EPA science-based regulation of chemicals in public water systems

Viewpoint: Organic industry-funded EWG issues absurd critique of EPA science-based regulation of chemicals in public water systems

Susan Goldhaber | 
Everybody wants to know that when they turn on their tap, their drinking water is safe. According to the EPA, ...
Viewpoint: Why gene editing is so much like ‘nature’ — and therefore should not be tightly regulated

Viewpoint: Why gene editing is so much like ‘nature’ — and therefore should not be tightly regulated

Stuart Smyth | 
At what point do regulatory experts possess sufficient knowledge on innovative technologies and their potential impacts, both beneficial and adverse, ...
Remembering Auschwitz and the 1.1 million people  who died there

Remembering Auschwitz and the 1.1 million people who died there

Geoffrey Kabat | 
The Nazi concentration camp system still remains a unicum, both in its extent and its quality. At no other place ...
Are pesticides in foods a new holiday concern? ('No')

Are pesticides in foods a new holiday concern? (‘No’)

Michelle Miller | 
The holidays are typically centered around food. Large gatherings of families eating holiday meals, potlucks at work and churches, and ...
Viewpoint: Science is now perceived as less about evidence and more about political and ideological tribal identification — and it’s corrupted the left and the right

Viewpoint: Science is now perceived as less about evidence and more about political and ideological tribal identification — and it’s corrupted the left and the right

Keith Stanovich | 
Over the past 18 months, a number of significant events have occurred that were interpreted through two entirely different worldviews: ...
Omicron: What we know so far — and what lies ahead

Omicron: What we know so far — and what lies ahead

Since early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2. This ...
Viewpoint: 'An environmental activist-driven narrative spun by a small population of privileged zealots is presently shaping global climate and agricultural policy'

Viewpoint: ‘An environmental activist-driven narrative spun by a small population of privileged zealots is presently shaping global climate and agricultural policy’

David Zaruk | 
As the COP26 winds down and the world leaders, delegates and activists all head home, it is time for the ...
Thankful for science: How pesticides made your Thanksgiving meal possible

Thankful for science: How pesticides made your Thanksgiving meal possible

Hank Campbell | 
This year, you're going to pay 24 percent more for a turkey, a tough bite out of the wallet for ...
‘Monsatan' resurrected: Washington Post bungles review of misguided (and erroneous) new book

‘Monsatan’ resurrected: Washington Post bungles review of misguided (and erroneous) new book

Val Giddings | 
What better time than the Halloween season to indulge anxieties about mortality and its discontents and give running room to ...
COVID ‘Doctors of Death’: Should physicians who peddle coronavirus and vaccine disinformation face consequences for their followers’ injuries or deaths?

COVID ‘Doctors of Death’: Should physicians who peddle coronavirus and vaccine disinformation face consequences for their followers’ injuries or deaths?

Victoria Knight | 
Earlier this month, Dr. Rashid Buttar posted on Twitter that covid-19 “was a planned operation” and shared an article alleging that most people ...
Could pumpkin pie be on the “86 list” this Thanksgiving?

Could pumpkin pie be on the “86 list” this Thanksgiving?

Michelle Miller | 
If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant, you’ve probably heard the term “86” which basically means that they’re out of ...
GLP Podcast: Monsanto owns farmers? Evolution of pet parenting; Soylent abandons GMO advocacy

GLP Podcast: Monsanto owns farmers? Evolution of pet parenting; Soylent abandons GMO advocacy

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
Does Monsanto control the seeds Mexico's farmers can grow? No, but anti-GMO groups do. An increasing number of Americans don't ...
Part 2: The hypocrisy of opponents of genetic engineering of food

Part 2: The hypocrisy of opponents of genetic engineering of food

Steven Cerier | 
Logic would dictate that those who are opposed to using gene engineering (GE) in all its forms to grow crops ...
Part 1: The organic food industry's rejection of modernity

Part 1: The organic food industry’s rejection of modernity

Steven Cerier | 
The rapid advance of technology has enriched our daily lives. We can take pictures and videos with a cell phone, ...
Are rapid-result antigen tests an unappreciated long-range tool to tame COVID?

Are rapid-result antigen tests an unappreciated long-range tool to tame COVID?

Andrew Fillat, Henry Miller | 
An overwhelming consensus on any topic is very rare these days. But many Americans, whatever their political leanings, seem to ...
Viewpoint: Letter to the EU on climate change and agricultural sustainability

Viewpoint: Letter to the EU on climate change and agricultural sustainability

Kevin Folta | 
The European Commission is taking public feedback on gene editing. I urge you to send your letter here. If you ...
Maybe the universe had no beginning

Maybe the universe had no beginning

Paul Sutter | 
In the beginning, there was … well, maybe there was no beginning. Perhaps our universe has always existed — and ...
How did Sri Lanka’s organic-only debacle begin? Simple — ‘uninformed, flawed decisions based on wishful thinking’

How did Sri Lanka’s organic-only debacle begin? Simple — ‘uninformed, flawed decisions based on wishful thinking’

Henry Miller, Kathleen Hefferon | 
All of us have had the experience of learning things, as the saying goes, “the hard way.”  That phenomenon has ...
Mexico’s corn production needs to increase significantly — is this possible with agroecology, and without GMOs?

Mexico’s corn production needs to increase significantly — is this possible with agroecology, and without GMOs?

Luis Ventura | 
Through its Decree banning imports of GM corn and restricting trade with the United States and other countries, the administration ...
A lucky segment of the population is genetically immune to the COVID virus. What can we learn from them?

A lucky segment of the population is genetically immune to the COVID virus. What can we learn from them?

Ricki Lewis | 
In March 2020, Eleanor A. had been sick for several days. Thinking it might be the new respiratory illness going ...
Podcast: Prof Kevin Folta profiles Jeffrey Smith, a leading purveyor of crop biotechnology disinformation often cited by anti-biotech advocacy groups

Podcast: Prof Kevin Folta profiles Jeffrey Smith, a leading purveyor of crop biotechnology disinformation often cited by anti-biotech advocacy groups

Kevin Folta | 
We must be dedicated to fighting back against false information in food and medicine. Jeffery Smith is a personality with ...
Henrietta Lacks’ immortal genes are now the subject of a legal battle

Henrietta Lacks’ immortal genes are now the subject of a legal battle

Barbara Pfeffer Billauer | 
Remarkable in life, a stylish Black woman who loved to cook and dance, Henrietta Lacks is even more remarkable in her ...
Viewpoint: Irrational moralizing or appropriate caution — Should we be concerned about AI models that profile humans by ‘race’?

Viewpoint: Irrational moralizing or appropriate caution — Should we be concerned about AI models that profile humans by ‘race’?

Zachary Robert Caverley | 
In recent years, a wealth of literature has emerged exploring how AI and machine learning (ML) can improve diagnostic precision ...
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