Genetic Literacy Project
How scientists investigate the brain’s internal navigation system
“Can you point to Center City?” neuroscientist Russell Epstein likes to ask visitors to his office at the University of ...
Bioethics consulting services provide valuable oversight for researchers
When scientists run into ethical dilemmas in their research, they typically turn to institutional review boards (IRBs) for advice. Increasingly, ...
Risk and science: Should some virus research be forbidden?
It's not getting much media attention, but the White House has declared a moratorium on some kinds of virus research ...
Not all science created equal: The genetically engineered crops story
In 1987 the US National Academy of Sciences stated there were no new risks from plants created using recombinant DNA ...
Can we ever have a civil debate about GMOs?
Every few years, it seems, there is a hot button issue that divides people in a way that goes far ...
GLP interactive infographic: Which GMO experts should you trust?
Who are the most experienced, trained, independent and trustworthy scientists and commentators on the GMO debate? Anti-GMO advocacy groups promote ...
700-year-old virus resurrected from ancient caribou dung
Researchers have brought an ancient viral genome back to life. The reconstituted viral genome came from 700-year-old caribou feces frozen ...
Molokai, another Hawaii GMO battleground, rallies around farmers
It's often said that Hawaii is Ground Zero for the anti-GMO movement. However, as GLP contributing writer Joni Kamiya has written, ...
Organic activists reject science, propose ‘natural’ Ebola cure, claim government conspiracy
As often happens in times of medical crises, fringe groups come out from hiding--in this instance, organic activists in the ...
Does no-till agriculture boost global crop yields?
No-till farming is considered a key conservation agriculture strategy because it avoids conventional plowing and farming practices. It has been ...
Clothing may soon be made from plants rather than petrol based sources
Companies from Invista to Genomatica from BASF to Cargill and Novozymes are making biopased polymers designed to replace the synthetic materials used to make clothing, shoes, diapers and a ...
Hydrocooling helps sweet cherries survive the long haul
People like their sweet cherries sweet but getting them from place to place in the modern world isn't without challenges ...
Can evolution can be explained by genes alone?
Charles Darwin conceived of evolution by natural selection without knowing that genes exist. Now mainstream evolutionary theory has come to ...
Pest odor science is a citrus disease cure environmentalists can embrace
The Asian citrus psyllid carrying the huanglongbing bacterium is a devastating combination vector that causes a lethal citrus disease which is a threat ...
Anti-GMO forces leveraging September Montana GE wheat find
Last July, the Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service found unapproved GMO wheat at Montana State University. The government ...
College student alert: Beer improves cognitive function
Flavonoids are versatile plant metabolites found in many plants - including hops, and therefore beer. A new study in Behavioral Brain Research found ...
Genetics of congenital heart defects in Down syndrome
In Down syndrome, the most common chromosomal abnormality in humans, a third copy of all or part of chromosome 21 is ...
Nina Fedoroff’s Ted Talk: How to feed 10 billion dinner guests
How can we hope to feed a world population that is expected to reach 10 billion or more by 2050? That's ...
Gluten-free fad food choice, rarely medically dictated
Millions of people have lately adopted a gluten-free diet by self-diagnosing with gluten sensitivities in spite of the fact there ...
Genetic secret that attracts females (fruit flies to humans?)
A new study has found that female fruit flies don't simply choose a mate based on things like wing colors. They look ...
Genetic mutation missed in 20% of colorectal cancers responsive to drugs
A new research effort has identified a genetic mutation that has been overlooked in recent large, comprehensive gene searches - ...
Cancer genetics: YEATS protein as target for cancer
The human body has an unprecedented capacity to move genetic material from place to place, including a packaging and delivery system ...
Genomes show early contact between Easter Island and the Americas
The Dutch explorer Jakob Roggeveen may not have arrived on Easter Island until 1722 but new genomic evidence finds that the Rapanui people living there ...
Genetic variant helped in the Arctic, but now makes us fat
Researchers have discovered a genetic variant that arose thousands of years ago in people living in the Arctic. It helped them then, ...
3 biggest truths about modern agriculture
Farming and food conjure up many images in people's minds: romantic visions of hardworking family farmers toiling away on behalf ...
Will Hawaii County judge follow Kauai’s lead in invalidating anti-GMO law?
In August, a United States magistrate through out a Kauai law that required seed and chemical companies operating in the ...
Greenpeace claims GM technology eclipsed by ‘safer’ genetic techniques, renews Golden Rice attack
Greenpeace is launching another offensive against Golden Rice, promoting organic-based agriculture as an alternative model and promoting alternative forms of ...
