Genetic Literacy Project
Radiophobia: Dental x-rays can kill you!–and other sage advice from the Land of Oz
We evolved in an environment that provides constant low level radiation. Our cells are good at dealing with it, and ...
Is organic farming anti-science? Organic dairy farmer’s appeal for co-existence
GLP's newest contributing writer, a Canadian, is a former conventional farmer who went organic a few years ago. Now she ...
As success grows for Bangladesh’s Bt brinjal (eggplant), Mae-Wan Ho renews GMO disinformation campaign
The sky is falling in Bangladesh, at least according to anti-GMO campaigners determined to reframe as a failure one of ...
Viewpoint: Chipotle: The strangest restaurant menu ever
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Chipotle Mexican grill announced ...
Has agroecology been hijacked by activists more concerned about anti-GMO purity than sustainability?
Agroecology is widely touted as an alternative to farming that uses GMOs. Yet it's really about, or should be about, ...
Ethical and science conundrum: Did reporters, scientists miss nuances of embryo gene-editing story?
Report from China of the first genetically modified human embryos using gene editing technologies has resulted in a collective response ...
Coffee: Guilty pleasure or life saving elixir?
Coffee is ubiquitous, grown in more than 70 countries. But it's also a drug, with caffeine as the primary psychoactive ...
India emerging as epicenter of GMO crop research but foreign financed protests slow adoption
European anti-GMO activists have invaded and colonized India, gumming up the regulatory process in a massive foreign-based scare campaign, slowing ...
Precision medicine revolution hits cost and tech barriers
Tailoring medicine to our personal DNA once promised revolutionary treatments and near miracle cures, but at the intersection of health, ...
Why farmers buy (OMG!) GMO seeds from (WTF) ‘evil’ corporations
Each spring, farmers get to choose which seeds to buy. No, they are not trapped into buying genetically modified seeds ...
Viewpoint: The dirt on Earth Day: Chemophobia masquerading as environmentalism
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Wednesday will be the ...
Worried about eating a bacon burger? That’s orthorexia–Misplaced obsessions of the affluent
It’s become very fashionable to get overly focused and concerned over the food choices we have. Guess what: That's as ...
Consumer Reports, anti-GMOers bizarre attack on Bt pesticide used by organic farmers
There goes Consumer Reports again, with another scientifically illiterate attack on conventional agriculture and genetic engineering, this time targeting Bt ...
Working woman’s dilemma: Freeze your eggs or freeze your career?
If you're a woman in your late twenties or beyond, if you have no serious life partner, or if you ...
“Orphan Black” is back! Reflections on reproductive cloning and eugenics
The Clones are Coming: Airing on BBC America, the popular show Orphan Black already has included a goldmine of conversation ...
Arsenic in your food? Scared? Shouldn’t be, but if so there’s a GMO fix
Arsenic levels are high in rice and rice products, since the rice plants take it up from groundwater. New research ...
Zuckerberg-Chan? Moonves-Chen? Jewish-Chinese intermarriage has ancient precedents
When Facebook's co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's married Priscilla Chan, it highlighted a growing and seemingly recent trend: Jewish men marrying Asian ...
Gardener alert: Burpee and Buzzy seed companies cashing in on anti-Big Ag hysteria
It's planting season and gardeners are taking to the soil. Alas, two of the country's largest home seed companies are ...
GENeS launches: New project provides journalists, NGOs, policy analysts scientific expertise on breaking stories
Journalists and policymakers take note: GENeS--Genetic Expert News Service--is now live! Turn to GENeS for independent expert analysis and commentary ...
Anti-GMO groups obsess about superweeds, the non-existent glyphosate-created pest
"Superweeds" is a term bandied about by Consumer Reports, the Union of Concerned Scientists and other anti-GMO groups as a ...
What rocks women? Evolution suggests tall guys with hot cars
In prehistoric times, the more dominant male was the more successful hunter, and he was physically stronger than most other ...
Sex with robots? Androids are coming to our bedrooms and boardrooms
In the near future, people will interact with androids, converse with them, even have sex with them and artificial intelligence ...
Viewpoint: USDA’s ‘zombie’ biotech regulation will not die
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The “corporate culture” at ...
Might astronauts bring back a deadly disease from Mars?
While it's possible that a human pathogen might exist on Mars or on another alien world , the extraterrestrial environment ...
Interactive video graphic: Cool tool to understand the Periodic Table
The periodic table is the most important reference document in chemistry. TED-Ed, a branch of the globally known TED conferences, ...
WHO: Doomsday health crisis looms if we do not anticipate post-antibiotic era
Water sanitation and antibiotics still work well, but antibiotic resistance is growing, and there as signs that water chlorination could ...
