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Video: RNA technology used to develop COVID vaccines can protect crops from viruses, fungi and insect pests
It’s one of the biggest challenges facing the environment and farmers across the globe – pest control. But now, University ...
Video: Viewpoint — Why GMOs are good for us
Activists have convinced Americans that "organic" food is better—healthier, better-tasting, life-extending. As a result, poor parents feel guilty if they ...
Video: Here’s the story of the pioneering purple nutrition-enhanced genetically modified tomato—and why GMOs are the future of food
Plant geneticist Cathie Martin spent years working with snapdragon genes to create a purple tomato that produces more antioxidant compounds ...
Video: Food fight — Inside the battle over public perception of GMOs
Imagine being able to prevent childhood blindness with rice. No, this isn’t a biblical miracle. It’s the reality of genetically ...
Video: As medicine and agriculture increasingly embrace gene editing, should the public be concerned?
Technologies such as genetic modification and ‘CRISPR’ will cure hereditary diseases, produce disease-resistant crops and enable the breeding of malaria-free ...
Video: What would a world without herbicides look like? Purdue’s Jayson Lusk addresses how biotechnology can address climate change and reduce food insecurity
Pesticide shortages, increased labor costs, and transportation bottlenecks are raising the cost of food across the EU. With war roiling ...
Video and infographic: Most comprehensive family tree ever retraces history of humanity
A new, enormous family tree for all of humanity attempts to summarize how all humans alive today relate both to ...
Video: Crops in space? With long space voyages on the horizon, NASA working on ways to grow food for astronauts
As astronauts venture farther from Earth, and for longer periods, food will become increasingly critical. Crop production can supplement a ...
Video: ‘Ultimately, I want to build a heart for sick kids’: Watch these robotic fish ‘swim’ using lab-grown cardiac muscle
Scientists have built a school of robotic fish powered by human heart cells. The fish, which swim on their own, ...
Video: How do insects with tiny brains engage in complex human-like behavior?
Recently, geologist Casey Luskin interviewed Eric Cassell, author of Animal Algorithms: Evolution and the Mysterious Origin of Ingenious Insects (2021) on ...
Video: Will consumers embrace eating insects? 2 billion people globally already do
Around 2 billion people choose to eat insects on regular basis. More than 1,900 species are eaten across 130 countries ...
Video: How Israeli scientists trained a goldfish to ‘drive’
Picture this: A goldfish swimming in a square tank on wheels as it rolls deliberately from one side of a ...
Video: Dramatic visual evidence of the insect-resistant power of Bt maize, without chemical treatment
In clearing out my office recently I came across a DVD of the video Life in a standard and in ...
Video: A-maze-ing — How a robot used ‘smart polymers’ to teach itself to navigate labyrinths
Machine learning and neural networks have become all the rage in recent years, and quite understandably so, considering their many ...
Video: UHI (unexplained health incidents) — What’s the science behind the Havana Syndrome?
In late 2016, United States diplomats working in Cuba began reporting health problems: persistent headaches, vertigo, blurred vision. They were ...
Video: World Settlement Footprint offers unique perspective on human urbanization and ecological danger spots
Urban areas are already home to 55% of the world's population and that figure is expected to grow to 68% ...
Seed Speaks Video: ‘Farmers are inherently sustainably minded’ — Agriculture is often unfairly criticized as a carbon polluter yet technological advances have dramatically reduced climate change impacts
For decades farmers and others working in agriculture have worked hard to implement practices to make their farms more sustainable ...
Seed Speaks Video: Getting beyond the myth that synthetic pesticides do more harm than good
With questions about sustainability and safety from consumers, and efficacy and longevity from farmers, pesticides have many questions that need ...
Video: Carbon capture is key to reducing greenhouse gases. Iceland’s new CO2-fixing facility is a tiny step toward that goal
As the world prepares for another UN Climate Change Conference, scientists are still searching for a cheap and easy way ...
Seed Speaks Video: GMO labels are mandatory beginning 2022. What will they tell us?
It’s the eve of mandatory GMO labeling in the U.S. As of the start of 2022, manufacturers will be required ...
Seed Speaks Video: Despite enormous sustainability benefits, some people still view genetically engineered crops with suspicion. Here’s why
Why do GMOs have an image problem? It’s a question we attempted to answer on the Oct. 13 episode of ...
Video: What are the benefits — and potential threats — of the CRISPR gene editing revolution?
The idea of gene editing was once a thing of the future — but today, it soon could be saving ...
Seed Speaks Video: Are GMOs sustainable? Can organic feed the world? One size doesn’t fit all
The debate about GMO safety and sustainability is ongoing, but one fact remains: food security is paramount. Does the absence ...
Videos: Debunking three viral social media videos that promote ‘snake oil’ products and spread misinformation about the ‘dangers’ of pesticides on produce
Here I’m going to explore three viral videos I’ve come across on social media in which [multi-level marketing, or] MLM ...
Video: Beyond the science ideology trap — GLP’s Jon Entine challenges media and activist misinformation on GMO crops, nuclear energy, insect declines and climate change
From rampant COVID vaccine rejectionism to nuclear energy skepticism to activist attacks on GMOs and CRISPR crops, anti-science ideology is ...
Video: The story of ‘Miracle Millie’, the chihuahua cloned 49 times — and how to (expensively) extend the life of your pet
What if you never had to say goodbye to your best four-legged friend? That's right, now you can clone your ...
Video: Are pesticides harmful or bad for biodiversity? Challenging 5 widely-held myths
Below, you will find five of the most common myths about pesticides, and the truth about them. MYTH: Pesticides are ...
