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5x increase in rice yields? New CRISPR-created variety could help fight fungal pandemic decimating world’s rice crop
Thanks to CRISPR, farmers may finally have a good defense against rice blast, a fungal disease so devastating, it’s known ...
Viewpoint: EU gene-editing regulations requiring traceability and labeling to ‘protect co-existence’ with organic crops could stop innovation in its tracks
Major new developments in gene editing are now taking place with increasing frequency, as the world looks to harness the ...
Growing more ancient grain millet could help American farmers adapt to climate change
The Midwest is known for its rows and rows of corn and soybeans that uniformly cover the landscape ...
Viewpoint: ‘We believe we have developed the first organism that can’t be infected by any known virus’
Researchers at George Chuch’s Harvard lab have genetically engineered a bacteria, E. coli, to be totally immune to viruses ...
Protecting honeybees and wild bees from neonicotinoid pesticides? As environmentalists and politicians lobby for bans, science takes a backseat
There has been a recent surge in the number and intensity of campaigns by environmental groups lobbying to ban many ...
What are the prospects that we might soon face another coronavirus-like viral pandemic?
There are signs of a mid-summer surge in COVID-19 cases, particularly in the Midwest and West, that have some experts ...
Why do lab studies suggest neonicotinoid pesticides can harm bees, while field research suggests they have minimal environmental impact?
Pollinators play a crucial role in the production of food crops. While many crops are open pollinated, meaning they don’t ...
We need another source of omega-3 supplements for food and animal feed. Enriched genetically modified rapeseed could fill the gap
In March this year, Norway’s Food Safety Authority became the latest country to conclude that using Omega-3 enriched GM rapeseed ...
Ignorance of our ignorance: What causes self-deception?
Self-deception is part of the human condition, and psychologists have long studied our ignorance of our own ignorance ...
Mushroom hallucinogen sales booming despite reports of serious side effects
When a hemp dispensary in this Florida city started to stock edibles with certain mushroom extracts last year, state regulators ...
‘Stabilize the climate, halt mass extinction, and reduce the risks of new pandemics’: Can rewilding help nature restore itself?
Rewilding has gone global, and rewilding projects are growing in more than 70 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, Latin America and ...
Chocopocalypse? Social justice, sustainability and economic threats pose increasing challenges to the cocoa industry
“Chocolate” represents a diverse category of products with distinctive and delicious flavors, often with pleasant “mouth feel,” and a range ...
Viewpoint: Simplistic anti-agrobiotech narrative — ‘Companies lie; activists are outraged; regulations are tightened further; companies lie again… Wash, rinse, repeat’
Today’s narrative has a simplistic view: Companies lie; activists are outraged; regulations are tightened further; companies lie again… Wash, rinse, ...
Debunking Dunning-Kruger: It’s widely believed that the less you know, the more you think you know. Does everyone think they’re better than average?
John Cleese, the British comedian, once summed up the idea of the Dunning–Kruger effect as, “If you are really, really stupid, then ...
Viewpoint: Why do some global cancer research agencies claim that using a cell phone (like drinking Diet Coke with aspartame) poses a cancer risk?
Although some people argue that cell phone usage contributes to rising brain cancer rates, analysis of the data shows no ...
Viewpoint: To mask or not to mask? That remains a hotly debated question in hospitals and other healthcare facilities — although it shouldn’t be
During the years that the COVID-19 pandemic was murderously sweeping the world, it killed about seven million — more than 1.1 ...
Global food production has increased 390 percent since 1960. Here’s how farmers have done it.
The use of modern seed genetics (which includes genetically modified (GM) crops, chemical and fertilizer use) greatly contributes to improved ...
New wave of migration: Transgender care crackdown prompts surge in families fleeing Missouri, Florida, Texas and other states
Hal Dempsey wanted to “escape Missouri.” Arlo Dennis is “fleeing Florida.” The Tillison family “can’t stay in Texas.” ...
Web of Disinformation: How environmentalists conspire with tort lawyers, RFK, Jr. and the Church of Scientology to deceive the public, manipulate the media and fill their coffers
Is aspartame, used in thousands of products, from Diet Coke to Trident Gum to Log Cabin Sugar-Free Syrup, potentially cancer-causing? ...
How the U.S. is gearing up for a repeat “tripledemic” this fall as threats of a surge in COVID-19 cases grow
Is the United States out of the woods yet with COVID? The evidence is problematic ...
Prominent international tech-investors throw support behind vaccine-rejectionist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s campaign for Dem nomination
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the latest scion of the Kennedy clan to seek the presidency, has a ...
Viewpoint: ‘Even if it seems like breaking a taboo, CRISPR gene editing techniques and organic farming are an excellent match’
Even if it sounds like breaking a taboo, new gene editing techniques and organic are an excellent match ...
Synthetic human embryos made from stem cells? Research into artificial monkey embryos leads the way
In January 2017, I met Jiankui He, the now-infamous Chinese scientist who would go on to create the world’s first genome-edited ...
Who will have the most progressive crop gene editing regulations: England or the European Union?
When UK Ministers first unveiled plans to diverge from restrictive EU rules classifying gene edited products as GMOs, it was ...
6 fake news websites stoking fear about crops grown from genetically-engineered seeds
"Fake news" may be new to most people, but not to followers of the anti-GMO debate. Here are some of ...
Safety of herbicide glyphosate reaffirmed by European Food Safety Authority, rejecting activist claims
The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) said on [July 6] it had not identified "critical areas of concern" to prevent ...
Dial of Destiny decoded: What does Indiana Jones get right and wrong about archaeology?
As Dr. Jones returns to the big screen, a real archaeologist acknowledges the movie franchise's shortcomings while espousing its merits ...
