Genetic Literacy Project
David Ropeik views Nassim Taleb’s odd views on GMOs through a precautionary lens
David Ropeik, an internationally respected expert on risk, has been going head-to-head with 'black swan' proponent Nassim Taleb over Taleb's ...
Kevin Folta takes on South Florida Science Centers’ promotion of anti-science GMO ‘nonsense’
Over the past few weeks, the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium of West Palm Beach has been eagerly promoting a Thursday, ...
Fatal Retraction: Downside of early cancer detection
Google recently promised to develop early-detection technology for cancer, heart disease and strokes. While early diagnosis might seem like a ...
Food Babe flops on BRCA mutations: Understand genetics or go home
Charlatans like Food Babe, Dr. Oz, Joseph Mercola, and Vandana Shiva represent everything disgraceful about unscientific propaganda. Cancer misinformation is ...
Sustainability advantages of Simplot’s GMO ‘Innate’ Potato
“The potato is one of a new wave of genetically modified crops that aim to provide benefits to consumers, not ...
Organic alert: Whole Foods almonds contain potentially ‘fatal’ natural chemical
Whole Foods is recalling a line of Organic Raw Almonds, due to elevated levels of a natural chemical, hydrogen cyanide, ...
Why do we gain weight or remain slim? Genes, microbes and now genes for microbes
Gaining weight is partly the fault of genes. Gut microbes are involved in obesity too, although that's a complicated and ...
McDonald’s mulling embrace of Simplot’s bruise-reducing Innate GMO potato
A healthier, ecologically advanced GMO potato has been cleared, touching off theatrics of opposition by advocacy groups. The success of ...
What’s the difference between a conventional and Simplot potato?
The Innate is, in theory, perfect for food giants that use a lot of potatoes, particularly fast food giants and chip ...
Frankenfood: A metaphor that has cursed GMOs
In this radio interview, Australian Broadcasting Radio National asks Mark Lynas and the GLP’s Jon Entine about whether science is ...
Bill Nye out of the closet: ‘We should stop genetically modifying crops’
Bill Nye recently did a Q&A with reddit and made some claims about GMOs as part of his promotion of his new ...
Save blight stricken American Chestnut? Crowd funding launches for GMO rescue
Today we are starting something new to get the public engaged in biotechnology solutions to environmental problems through the American ...
Rationalizing health risks difficult, especially when emotions in play
From Ebola to breast cancer screenings, people have a difficult time understanding where their health risks truly lie. Our emotional ...
GMO quiz: Which sugar is conventional, organic or ‘toxic’ GMO?
So which IS the right what? Find your match? ...
GMO farmers guilty until proven innocent: Monsanto to challenge Maui crop ban
A ban on the growing of GMO crops by Maui County voters by a scant 1077 votes—less than .5 percent of the total—will ...
Center for Science in the Public Interest: If you eat these 10 things, you are a bad person
Given its track record of embracing fads and promoting questionable health solutions, it's often better to do exactly the opposite ...
Viewpoint: Lies, damn lies and genetic engineering
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Relevant excerpt: Consumers have been ...
Bat influenza unlikely to get you sick if you get bit
Bats are natural reservoirs of some of the most deadly zoonotic viruses, including rabies virus, Ebola virus, but they pose ...
GMO label law crushed in Colorado, loses narrowly in Oregon
Two of the countries most liberal states appear to be rejecting measures that would require mandatory labeling of some foods made ...
Maui voters approve moratorium on GMO crops, court fight looms
With almost all votes counted, Maui voters appear to have approved an initiative that bans GMO cultivation in Maui County. The still ...
Award for most needles in an anti-GMO illustration
For the unrealistic arguments against genetically modified organisms ...
Is increase in ADHD an artifact of our modern educational system?
One in ten American children will be treated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD at some point in their ...
Which tastes better: Conventional or organic foods? A tale of two apples
Many studies (e.g., here) have broached the topic of the taste and ‘quality’ of organic food versus conventional. Robustly, The ...
Computer model replicates complex networks behind evolution
You inhabit something of a miracle, in engineering terms. Your body consists of trillions of cells, woven together into something ...
Forget weather, seed helicopters can predict maple syrup production
Eyeing the weather to understand spring sugar yields has been a rule of thumb but a new paper provides a ...
Low oxygen on Earth delayed evolution of early animal life
Animals were slow to evolve on Earth. While the first life forms emerged about a billion and a half years ago, ...
Stem cells in breast milk might persist throughout life
Breast milk may provide longer-term benefits than previously thought, extending even into adulthood. A study at the University of Western Australia found ...
Telomerator tool paves way for “designer” medicines, nutrients and biofuels
A new synthetic biology tool called "the telomerator" could boost the engineering of an organism's genetic, chemical base-pair structure ...
