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Tomorrow’s greenhouse: Artificial intelligence-controlled ‘food computers’ grow better-tasting crops
Inside a shipping container-sized box at MIT Media Lab, crops of basil are growing in micro-climates designed by artificial intelligence ...
I’ll do it tomorrow: Procrastination may have evolved as survival mechanism
If you like to put things off or surf the internet instead of getting work done, you might be able ...
Does genetics separate Olympians from everyone else?
For decades, scientists have been studying the role of nature and nurture in producing Olympic athletes...What they've learned is that ...
FDA struggles to define what ‘natural,’ ‘healthy’ mean in food labeling
The FDA. . . is changing its definition of what "healthy" actually means—and are still trying to figure out a definition ...
Genetic tests turning out surprise fees for many patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Leslie Parks was 34 ...
Biotech company promises affordable medical genetic tests
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The cost of genetic ...
Many doctors reluctant to discuss genetic tests with patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Pathway Genomics describes its ...
Mark Bittman on labeling: It’s counterproductive for us to provide nutritional information
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I have been developing, ...
Do patients who donate genetic information to research deserve financial compensation?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists today rely on ...
Fighting malnutrition in Africa by sequencing genomes of traditional food plants
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Across Africa, some of ...
Now that GMO salmon approved, what meat is next?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It took two decades ...
FDA launches genome database to promote precision medicine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Food and Drug ...
23andMe granted government approval for a direct-to-consumer Bloome syndrome genome test
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A recent FDA decision ...
Genetically engineered bacteria could monitor water contamination, detect mining waste
A team of young scientists in Canada is developing a fascinating way to detect water contamination. Their box, called the ...
Would mandatory GMO labeling help consumers understand what they’re eating?
The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that prevents states from requiring GMO labels, despite the fact that nine ...
Embracing GMOs presents psychological challenges to average consumers
Think of a science denier, and you might picture someone arguing that climate change isn't real or vaccines cause autism ...
Map highlights where cropland has room to grow
If we don't start producing more food, we're going to run out in the future. With world population growing and ...
Orange juice might be missing at breakfast unless farmers try GMOs
Everybody loves Florida orange juice. Since its emergence in the late 1940s, the sunny beverage has survived hurricanes and anti-sugar diet ...
Poll shows most Americans buy organic food based on fear, misconceptions
Young American consumers care about their food, but they’re also entirely baffled by what they’re eating. When brand consultancy BFG ...
For brain damaged man, smartphone is prosthetic memory device
You wouldn't guess from having a face-to-face conversation with Dixon that his brain is damaged. That's because nothing about his ...
Are there better alternatives than genetic engineering to develop drought resistant crops?
In the late-1990s, scientists Russell Rodriguez and Regina Redman were conducting research in Yellowstone National Park when they made a ...
23andMe moves into Canada, will report health information
While the Food and Drug Administration slowly mulls the legality of the low-cost genetics tests offered by 23andMe, the Mountain ...
Inconclusive results of republished Séralini GM corn toxicity study warrant further research
In 2012, a study was released that seemed at first glance to justify every anti-GMO advocate's worst fears: eating genetically ...
Art based on your DNA
Decorating an apartment is all about infusing your space with a sense of you. And what could be more integral ...
IBM’s Watson and DNA mapping to improve drug prescription process
Scott Megill hopes that his company can bridge the gap between physicians and geneticists and provide personalized patient predictions of ...
London School of Economics report: Loosen restrictions on GM crops to help feed malnourished
A report released by the London School of Economics recommends that in order to feed the world amid climate change ...
Inside 23andme founder Anne Wojcicki’s $99 DNA revolution
There's a lot you can do for your child with 99 dollars. I took that money and got my daughter's ...
Could peaches hold the secret to biofuel?
The following is an edited excerpt. Humans are attempting a second massive transformation of the plant kingdom. The first was ...
