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How will U.S. tariffs impact the global agriculture industry?
The global market suffered a significant shock when U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the country would levy tariffs on ...
Marriage is bad for your health? The widowed, divorce and never-married have a 50% or lower risk of dementia
For the most part, science has found that marriage comes with health benefits—lower heart disease risk, longevity (especially for men), lower risk ...
What causes autism? It’s not vaccines, but a new study finds one driving factor
Just as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for an investigation into debunked claims of vaccines causing autism, a massive new study ...
‘Probiotics is a waste of money’: Scientists push back against Dr. Oz claims that the supplements he promotes provide health benefits
Our bodies—and guts, specifically—depend on a balance of bacteria to “maintain healthy blood sugar and cholesterol levels,” but “you gotta ...
What’s next for Bayer after losing $1.56 billion Roundup glyphosate case?
Bayer AG suffered its biggest drop ever, losing about €7.6 billion ($8.3 billion) in market value, after major legal and ...
One night without sleep boosts dopamine levels in the brain. Could this finding lead to a potential depression cure?
The antidepressant effect of sleep loss in some mice may have implications for the future of depression treatments ...
What does the future of AI look like? 300 experts predict artificial intelligence landscape in 2035
Our future depends on the “good or ill intent” of the next generation as they build the knowledge ecosystem, to ...
Forbidden meatball: Genetically-engineered wooly mammoth meat illustrates future of food
Australian cultured meat company Vow unveiled a meatball made of wooly mammoth meat and grown entirely in a lab. But ...
This four-step blueprint can help synthetic biology innovators disrupt the status quo
Synthetic biology could disrupt some of the world’s biggest industries. Here are four steps to building a ‘syn-bio’ strategy ...
Mini-brain organoids the size of pinheads help scientists decipher the impact of long COVID
In a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers from Sweden and a Harvard-affiliated hospital in Boston tried to find ...
Shrink shrimp’s carbon footprint by half? Here’s how AI-led land-based seafood farms can sustainably meet our protein needs
Inside a humid warehouse in suburban Indianapolis, a company called Atarraya is using large metal containers and the latest technology ...
Viewpoint: Biden’s National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative seen as ‘urgent response’ to reduce US reliance on China’s booming bio-based medicine, agriculture, fuel and chemical industries
Ever since his days on the campaign trail, Joe Biden has made clear he intends to stay strategically competitive with China on ...
As COVID pandemic drags on, focus turns to quest for universal coronavirus vaccine
Could a so-called “pan-coronavirus” vaccine be the long-awaited silver bullet that ends the COVID pandemic—and the next one, too? Answer: ...
Sustainability benefits of crop biotechnology innovations begin to shine as investors look to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) guidance
The financial industry is undergoing an awakening. It's the revelation that businesses that prioritize people and the planet can be ...
‘We’re successful when our steaks are served at a diner in rural Kansas’: Can mushrooms replicate the taste and texture of animal meat?
While plenty of plant-based meat companies claim to replicate the taste of the real thing, industry leaders like Beyond Meat, ...
Synthetic foods: They sound unappetizing — but they could revolutionize agriculture
[Just five years ago, Upside Foods] developed a biological process to grow synthetic meat products by taking stem cells from ...
Foie gras without the guilt: Lab-grown duck and goose liver in the works
Foie gras, which is made from duck or goose liver, has long been public enemy No. 1 among those concerned ...
GM Impossible Burger hits 200 grocery stories in Asia, as effort to ‘replace’ meat moves forward
[Impossible Foods'] flagship imitation beef product went on sale in 200 supermarkets across Hong Kong and Singapore on Tuesday. Impossible's ...
Bayer says glyphosate-cancer legal settlement should cap future liability, as number of lawsuits surges past 40,000
Already reeling from an avalanche of lawsuits, German agriculture and healthcare giant Bayer AG said on [October 30] the number ...
Video: Can meat substitutes like the GMO Impossible Burger make inroads as a meat substitute in China and other countries?
Meat substitutes are surging in popularity as an environmentalist backlash against meat intensifies and as the taste of meat substitutes ...
Glyphosate-cancer legal battle raises investor doubts about Bayer’s purchase of Monsanto
Bayer has to pay out $81 million in damages to a man who claims the Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer, a ...
Environmental Working Group or the EPA: Who should parents trust about glyphosate safety?
Remember a couple months back when an advocacy group found what it called “a hefty dose” of glyphosate, the active ingredient in weedkillers such ...
Why the cockroach is hard to kill—and what its genetics teaches us about adapting to environments
The second-largest genome ever sequenced belongs to a small but fascinating creature. Called “xiao qiang” or “little mighty” in China, ...
5 biotechnologies that might help save endangered species
Here are five expanding and emergent fields of biotech that could help safeguard nature: 1. Biobanking. Biobanks store biological samples ...
Free access to CRISPR gene editing? This startup wants to make it possible
CRISPR gene editing is widely regarded as one of the most significant advances in the life sciences in decades. The technology, ...
‘Designer babies’ are coming soon, but who gets to have them?
Designer babies are coming in 20 to 30 years. Your children will be able to select, to some degree, their ...
Viewpoint: How food manufacturers exploit unregulated ‘natural’ label to increase sales
Browse the shelves at your local grocery store, and you’ll find highly-processed product after highly-processed product marketing itself as a ...
Sustainably grown meats hitting markets, but public perception of technologies may hinder benefits
Americans love protein. Each year they eat an average of 210 pounds of meat per capita, more than double the ...
