Genetic Literacy Project

Viewpoint: Why GMO crops are planet’s best ecological choice | Eshna Gogia When genetic engineering came of age: World’s first GMO—GE ...

A common criticism of GMOs is that corporations force farmers to buy new seeds every year. But do farmers actually ...

Why is it so hard to think while you're hungry? Researchers now believe it may come down to one protein ...

South Africa's corn is already more than 90 percent GMO. An application to introduce an improved, disease-fighting variety has revved ...

Shifting the clock back one hour means more people won't have to wake up before sunrise. When you wake to ...

The political decision of how to regulate gene editing and other New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) will determine whether Europe becomes ...

Internal time perception is complex, involving disperse areas of the brain. But a new field of research called neurorelativity, using ...

It has been 35 years since genetically engineered insulin was approved by the FDA in a process that was quick ...

Mark Lynas, Cornell Alliance for Science: "Moral injustice" of NGOs preventing Africans from adopting GMO crops driven by "green ideology" ...

Glyphosate-gate: Policy and science implications of IARC’s ‘predetermined’ cancer finding | Geoffrey Kabat If you lose any of these 7 organs, ...

Along with unsubstantiated claims of better nutrition and safety, supporters of organic farming often cite its lower carbon footprint as ...

There are an increasing number of genetic clues from animals that could provide hints to treating aging and age related ...

Although cholera is a disease that is thought of as mostly extinct, it still persists today in underdeveloped areas. The ...

A former agricultural reporter at Reuters, Gillam now presents herself as "the Rachel Carson of the GMO debate." Belgian-based risk ...

Glyphosate has been in the headlines for two weeks. Here's a background interview with the GLP's executive director explaining the ...

Where high-stakes issues involve powerful beliefs, financial reward and opportunities for advancement, neither individuals nor agencies can be assumed to ...

Studies have shown that males and females metabolize drugs differently, suggesting we should be spending more time studying those differences ...

The human body has dozens of organs, with some clearly more critical than others. But there are several you can ...

Kevin Folta in Uganda interviews scientists and farmers about bananas resistant to crop disease and the likelihood of commercialization ...

Glyphosate is one of the most hotly-debated herbicides of the modern era. Many of the arguments against the popular weed-killer ...

Genetic engineering and gene silencing could fight deadly crop mycotoxins—if not blocked by activists | Andrew Porterfield When does life begin? Here ...

It's the way crops are farmed not the farm's size that matters when it comes to sustainability ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services has taken the official position that life begins at conception. Here's a ...

A growing number of studies show that exercise offers protection against breast cancer. Research on mice suggests that some of ...

Italian researcher offers satirical look at the story of the GMO petunias that were ordered destroyed. How would you explain ...

The quest to find life in our Solar System is focused on locating planets or moons with the right chemical ...

Aflatoxins are responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in crop losses annually. Farmers have struggled to control the troublesome ...

Christopher Portier, special adviser to the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer, is bringing down the reputation ...