Sequestering carbon on a gigaton scale: How gene editing can address climate change by reducing atmospheric emissions

Sequestering carbon on a gigaton scale: How gene editing can address climate change by reducing atmospheric emissions

Val Giddings | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Hardly a day goes by without another piece praising the potential for gene editing to help solve climate change. Nevertheless, the possible contributions of biology and biotechnology have been conspicuously ...
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GLP podcast and video: Curing deadly diseases with mRNA; COVID killed more Republicans than Democrats? WaPo promotes ‘acupuncture pseudoscience’

The same technology behind the mRNA COVID shots could also yield groundbreaking treatments for wide-ranging diseases. A new study posits ...
First synthetic human embryo to live past 14 days was made from stem cells

First synthetic human embryo to live past 14 days was made from stem cells

A Cambridge University scientist says her research lab has used stem cells to create a human embryo that developed past ...
Viewpoint: From ‘Save the Whales’ to ‘Let Children Go Blind’ — Greenpeace’s descent into science rejectionism

Viewpoint: From ‘Save the Whales’ to ‘Let Children Go Blind’ — Greenpeace’s descent into science rejectionism

From the early days of Greenpeace when its members were dodging harpoons and Japanese whalers in outboard motor boats – ...
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Green transition: How agriculture can drive climate change solutions

Val Giddings | Genetic Literacy Project | 
It is widely recognized that we must transition our energy economies to a greener, more sustainable state. This will only happen ...
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We could use CRISPR to cure mental illness. Should we?

Grace Spencer | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Would you want to be cured of a disorder that most people consider debilitating if given the opportunity? Cancer? Sure ...
Insect-resistant Bt GMO crops have helped cut pesticide use. Now Nature is pushing back

Insect-resistant Bt GMO crops have helped cut pesticide use. Now Nature is pushing back

Dan Charles | Genetic Literacy Project | 
In 2006, a small airplane started buzzing each cotton field in Arizona, a thin, dust-like cloud trailing behind it. The ...
Can OpenAI prevent vaccine conspiracy theories from bubbling up in ChatGPT conversations?

Can OpenAI prevent vaccine conspiracy theories from bubbling up in ChatGPT conversations?

Brooke Borel | Genetic Literacy Project | 
The chatbot has some guardrails in place to curb disinformation, but it’ll be a game of constant catch-up ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than 'natural' organics

Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than ‘natural’ organics

Most consumers believe organic farming avoids pesticides and prioritizes the health of the environment more than conventional farming. However, this ...
Why is it so difficult to find a treatment for Huntington’s Disease?

Why is it so difficult to find a treatment for Huntington’s Disease?

Ricki Lewis | Genetic Literacy Project | 
The Huntington’s disease (HD) community has recently experienced setbacks, but a new research report may reignite hope, from an unexpected ...
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GLP Podcast/Video: Cell phones and cancer; Do you need a COVID booster? The case for/against eating bugs

There's no evidence that cell phone use causes brain cancer, so why do so many people, some scientists included, believe ...
Viewpoint: ‘Using biology to understand criminal behavior has long been controversial. Top criminology programs are pursuing it anyway’

Viewpoint: What role can and should genetics play in understanding which people might become violent and commit crimes — and putting them in jail?

Using biology to understand criminal behavior has long been controversial. Top criminology programs are pursuing it anyway ...
Viewpoint: How to restore public trust and regulatory fairness in the face of aggressive, coordinated disinformation efforts by anti-technology environmental activists

Viewpoint: How to restore public trust and regulatory fairness in the face of aggressive, coordinated disinformation efforts by anti-technology environmental activists

David Zaruk | Genetic Literacy Project | 
During my lifetime, Western societies have enjoyed innovations that have immensely improved public health and the quality of life as ...
Why we overeat — and how studying voracious locusts may help us learn to curtail a dangerous human vice

Why we overeat — and how studying voracious locusts may help us learn to curtail a dangerous human vice

Tim Vernimmen | Genetic Literacy Project | 
This story starts in an unusual place for an article about human nutrition: a cramped, humid and hot room somewhere ...
In During the COVID pandemic, Republicans in Ohio and Florida had a higher mortality rate than Democrats

During the COVID pandemic, Republicans in Ohio and Florida had a higher mortality rate than Democrats

A study confined to COVID deaths in Florida and Ohio suggests that the Grim Reaper’s “excess” deaths, when stratified by ...
Training our taste buds: How genes and diet shape our food preferences

Training our taste buds: How genes and diet shape our food preferences

Monica Dus | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Have you ever wondered why only hummingbirds sip nectar from feeders? Unlike sparrows, finches and most other birds, hummingbirds can taste ...
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Should University Agricultural Research Scientists Partner With Industry?

Paul Vincelli | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Studies show research on GE crops is not significantly influenced by conflicts of Interest. However, it is important to remain ...
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Viewpoint: Anti-agrobiotech activists claim European farmers who support relaxing the EU’s de facto ban on cultivating GMO and gene-edited crops are dupes of Big Ag. Here are the facts

Steven Cerier | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Staunch opponents of the agricultural biotechnology revolution spin a narrative that large agribusiness have strong-armed governments to approve genetically modified ...
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The ‘great sex’ debate: Technique or connection?

Nicola Jones | Genetic Literacy Project | 
The unhappiest time in a sex therapist’s office is around Valentine’s Day, says Dr. Peggy Kleinplatz, a professor in the ...
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GLP podcast and video: PFAS bans could do more harm than good; Risks and benefits of ‘magic mushrooms’; ‘Ultra-processed’ foods are nutritious

There are growing calls to ban PFAS chemicals to protect public health. The problem is, these substances are used in ...
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Africa faces the world’s largest food and hunger crisis. Why then are Africans so skeptical of genetically modified crops that could produce more and healthier food

Hunger and undernourishment are two elements of food insecurity that have plagued Africa for years. And the menace is growing ...
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Viewpoint: GOP Congressmen continue to question safety of the COVID vaccine, raising concerns of feeding vaccine hesitancy

Darius Tahir | Genetic Literacy Project | 
Vaccine skeptics run the gamut from individuals with scientific credentials who nevertheless oppose public health policies from a libertarian perspective ...
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5x increase in rice yields? New CRISPR-created variety could help fight fungal pandemic decimating world’s rice crop

Thanks to CRISPR, farmers may finally have a good defense against rice blast, a fungal disease so devastating, it’s known ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Animal individualism’ ― Why picking and choosing which animal species should survive or die is a terrible idea

John Reid | Genetic Literacy Project | 
How should humans care for the beings that share the planet with us? This is one of the defining questions of ...
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Viewpoint: EU gene-editing regulations requiring traceability and labeling to ‘protect co-existence’ with organic crops could stop innovation in its tracks

Major new developments in gene editing are now taking place with increasing frequency, as the world looks to harness the ...
Meet the beetles: Mealworms could be a food of the future

Meet the beetles: Mealworms could be a food of the future

Ricki Lewis | Genetic Literacy Project | 
I have a special fondness for the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor. As a child, I fed the mealworm stage of ...
Growing more ancient grain millet could help American farmers adapt to climate change

Growing more ancient grain millet could help American farmers adapt to climate change

Eva Tesfaye | Genetic Literacy Project | 
The Midwest is known for its rows and rows of corn and soybeans that uniformly cover the landscape ...
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