Genetic Literacy Project

Confounding many scientists, the public remains skeptical of GM foods yet embraces biotech medicines. Why the difference? What can we ...

Glass house alert: Stonyfield's yogurts are filled with unknown and unlabeled chemicals. Shouldn't you "just label it", Gary? ...

Beyond X and Y chromosomes, scientists postulate genes and environmental exposures play a roll in making sons or daughters more ...

Major depression affects an estimated 10 percent of the population and often runs in families. Could a genetic test could ...

The cassava, a key African staple especially valued because of its drought tolerance, is threatened by numerous viruses. Conventional agriculture ...

This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Never let a good ...

High Antioxidant meta-study criticized for being too inclusive, for not dismissing studies with flawed methodology used to support boasting claims ...

Modern humans share swaths of DNA with long-extinct Neanderthals. But what does this mean? New and complicated dating techniques and ...

The latest “green” household cleaning products are using cutting-edge biotechnology to become more environmentally friendly—but criticism from “green groups” could ...

I’m a suburban mom. I became an accidental activist when I uncovered a nefarious corporate/government scheme to poison my food ...

Tech’s highest profile company is positioning itself as a genetic testing powerhouse. Personal genomics may be coming to an iPhone ...

GMO safety, once questioned by science-minded liberals, are now widely seen as not only safe but a key tool in ...

Many people choose gametes--donated eggs and sperm--so that their child will look like them but also have a certain IQ ...

Combining two technologies –optogenetics and neuroelectromechanical interfaces — researchers based in Switzerland and France have demonstrated a means for control ...

The 'non GMO' movement has been a boon to some farmers, who have dumped GMOs to grow conventional non GMO ...

College is expensive and student loans take ages to pay back. Here's a unique solution: sell your body. No, not ...

Poor farmers are in a panic. African anti-GMO activists blocking implementation of disease resistant GMO banana, but offer no solutions ...

We have no right to know if our food is GMO. Why? Because the term “GMO” is an arbitrary classification ...

Some experts say CRISPR-edited humans could be here in 5 years, but scientists are quickly moving to self-regulate experimentation with ...

The food chain's "bold" move, announcing a faux ban on GMOs in its food, has blown up big time. Chipotle ...

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Blamed simultaneously for obesity, diabetes, bowel disease and even Alzheimer’s the colonies of bacteria that live in our gut get ...

India has emerged as the epicenter of the anti-GMO movement in the developing world. What are the major claims of ...

Many people, particularly those embracing organic foods, worry whether GMOs might negatively impact the environment. What does the evidence say? ...

Consumer Reports 30-page “From Crop to Table: Pesticide Use in Produce” stumbles yet again on the science and is heavy ...

Recent news reports in Bangladesh have suggested a growing food and farming disaster linked directly to GMOs. It's a manufactured ...

We evolved in an environment that provides constant low level radiation. Our cells are good at dealing with it, and ...

GLP's newest contributing writer, a Canadian, is a former conventional farmer who went organic a few years ago. Now she ...