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The woman who challenged 19th century conventional wisdom: Are females ‘biologically barred from success’?
One of the first women to scientifically debunk men's alleged superiority, [trailblazing psychologist Leta Stetter] Hollingworth’s research lent credibility to ...
DNA testing in the workplace
To help prevent genetic discrimination, Congress passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). Let’s take a look at this law ...
Next Green Revolution: Gene-silencing technology opens door to safer pesticides, more GMO crops
In the 1940s, modern chemistry delivered new classes of man-made chemical pesticides that still are widely used today. These synthetic ...
‘I was wrong’: Why we shouldn’t start giving COVID-19 vaccinations now
I wrote a blog post [on August 2] that has generated tremendous pushback, including an op-ed in the New York Times as well as ...
Growing fish in space: Lab-grown tuna could feed astronauts of the future
.... [S]ending items into space is extremely expensive—about $10,000 a pound. Space dwellers will need to find a way to ...
Opening the floodgates to synthetic biology innovations in drugs, textiles, agricultural products and advanced materials
Today’s DNA makers still create their products using chemistry. To form a new double helix, the individual letters of DNA ...
Injecting live bacteria into tumors? Synthetic biology revives a controversial century old cancer cure
Could the body, in fighting against a pathogen, also be battling a tumor? After injecting bacteria into a patient who ...
Impossible Foods says plant-based meat can ‘disrupt’ animal agriculture without displacing farmers
The plant-based meat industry will need the millions of workers now employed in animal agriculture, the founder of Impossible Foods ...
Can we prevent another pandemic with lab-grown, plant-based meat?
In September 2019—two months before the first reported case of the coronavirus—the World Health Organization published a report that said, ...
‘A lot of secrets’ in coronavirus genomes: Why are some strains so deadly, while others remain more mild?
[In 1965, a] group of researchers in England, led by Dr. David Tyrrell, was learning more about the common cold ...
Puff piece: Lab-made ‘Incredible Cotton’ may grow 10 times faster and cut environmental impact of the traditional crop
You might call this a puff piece, because it’s about cotton that’s just as fluffy but more sustainable than the ...
Hydroxychloroquine proves ineffective against coronavirus in small Chinese trial
Results from a controlled clinical trial from China on the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19 have shown ...
‘RIPE’ computer model that boosts photosynthesis could help increase food production by 20% per acre
There’s an international research project called RIPE, short for Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency. The effort .... most recently has developed ...
Gene-edited, salt-tolerant rice grown at sea could help feed 3.5 billion people sustainably
Growing rice in the ocean sounds a little whacky, but ocean agriculture is an emerging form of food production that ...
We have 4 ways to search for alien life. Where should we focus our resources?
There are, right now, four ways to search for alien life, ranging from the most passive to the most active ...
Non-GMO, high-protein ‘smart peas’ slated for 2021 debut, with other ‘super trait’ crop varieties to follow
Equinom, an Israeli startup, raised $10 million in a Series B round of funding from BASF Venture Capital, Roquette, Trendlines ...
Fungi-based ‘faux bacon’ sold out on Valentine’s Day—now it’s headed for a San Francisco butcher shop
This bacon is elusive. It doesn’t come from a pig. You can’t even buy it anymore. Maybe that’s because people ...
Gene editing ‘rice revolution’: CRISPR could be used to grow one of the world’s most important crops in salt water
Traditional agriculture requires many inputs; fertilizer, specific chemicals, manual labor and water. Most of the water used in agriculture is ...
‘What’s in my weed?’ Organic certification for cannabis coming soon
Do you know what’s in your weed? For the majority of cannabis consumers, the answer is a resounding no—despite claims ...
10 common misconceptions about China’s coronavirus
“There is so much misinformation out there,” said Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., the Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer at NYMC, ...
Natural GMOs: Study shows that 12 popular foods were genetically modified by mother nature
Even though no one has found any evidence that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are harmful, anti-GMO activists have campaigned against ...
High yielding, gene-edited potato could help prevent future french fry shortages
Panic is setting in about a potential french fry shortage in the near future, due to a poor potato harvest ...
Weed-pulling robots are here. Can they eliminate chemical herbicides?
Early this year, 85-year-old Bonipak Produce unleashed an orange, 8,000-pound autonomous robot upon its California vegetable fields. It was one ...
Viewpoint: Paper straws, vegan diets won’t stop climate change—but sustainable ‘bioproducts’ might
Are you slurping through a paper straw, searching for the next green product that will save the planet? Sorry to ...
Sustainable synthetic biology is taking over cosmetics, personal care
Synthetic biology companies are already producing many of the ingredients found in personal care products using biosynthesis, the same basic ...
Viewpoint: Brazilian farmers destroy the Amazon? Here’s what Greenpeace isn’t telling you
In 2016, the Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen flew over the Amazon forest with the head of Greenpeace Brazil as part ...
Trump executive order streamlines biotech regulations. Here’s what that means for agriculture
[In June], President Trump signed an Executive Order to streamline the complex maze of rules and policies that regulate agricultural ...
As technology ‘wipes out’ traditional work, biotech investment could revitalize rural America
Cow-free burgers are now all the rage — after Beyond Meats’ recent IPO, shares rose 163% on the first day ...
