Genetic Literacy Project
Should healthy patients with disease genes be told of their genetic risks?
Many people with gene variants that might cause disease have a very low risk of getting sick. Telling patients may ...
Sports and war: When it comes to concussions, not much difference between football and fighting
Recent evidence is surfacing of ‘early aging’ in the brains of troops as a result of experiencing bomb blasts. It ...
Why the concept of GMOs is meaningless
European Union legislation on agricultural genetics and biotechnologies is hopelessly warped — and it threatens to get worse with the introduction ...
Genes illuminate how the brain ‘thinks’
Monitoring brain functions can tell us a lot about neurobiological structures and what's going on. But now we have the ...
European Union reviews, rebukes bizarre Ayyadurai claim of formaldehyde in GMO soy
The "study" claiming that formaldehyde accumulates in genetically modified soybeans--widely touted by anti-GMO activists-- is an example of junk science--no ...
Permaculture: Our ecological future or unsustainable hobby for exurban agroecological activists?
It's advocates claim permaculture is a key agroecological movement that will help pivot world food production from 'industrial agriculture' to ...
Concussion risk: How much weight should genetics carry
As we attempt to establish risk factors for concussions and similar traumas, how much weight should we give genetics? ...
Gene therapy is doing all that we’d hoped for* *(so far)
New gene therapies are showing evidence of advancing our treatment of genetic diseases. Scientists are 5 years along the 15 ...
Global food shortage? How advanced breeding could domesticate 50,000 wild, edible plants
We rely on less than 150 of the world's edible plants for most of our nourishment and just three make ...
Science deniers stay home: Synthetic biology crucial to human missions to Mars
Bioprocessing of lunar materials will allow us to transport more people and non-consumable supplies (such as equipment) back and forth, ...
Endocrine disruption and fat-causing “obesogen” theories crumbling as research rolls in
The theory that certain industrial chemicals disrupt our endocrine system and contribute to obesity gained traction in some rat studies ...
Viewpoint: The world’s dumbest chef makes a hash of science
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. I’ve had it with ...
Recapping the 2015 GMO debate: Science eclipses ‘Dark’ voices of anti-biotech hysteria
The year ends with a Congressional battle over GMO labeling after the historic approval of the first animal modified for ...
As Chipotle struggles with poisoning crisis, it’s under fire for GMO and sustainability claims
Chipotle has made than a food poisoning crisis--it's also yet to face up to its deceptive marketing around its use ...
Not in our stars but our DNA: Is faith and embrace of religion (and astrology) hardwired?
Our beliefs, including irrational ones and an embrace of pseudoscience, have been shown to be largely independent of one’s educational ...
Séralini feed contamination study: PLOS under fire for not following own guidelines on data access
Have PLOS editors abandoned their "requirement" that researchers make all of their data available in open access papers? ...
Cancer and the bad luck of random mutations
New research suggests the risk of most cancers can be attributed to environmental factors, countering the so called "bad luck" ...
Taboo: Modern genomics key to understanding basis of ‘race’
The fierce decades-long debate between postmodernist social scientists and population geneticists over the biological basis of group human differences is ...
Myth busting: There is no such thing as GMO sugar
Advocacy groups that encourage consumers to avoid sugar derived from GE sugar beets target small, farmer-owned businesses ...
Orthorexia nervosa: Do anti-GMO activists and shoppers have it?
Orthorexia nervosa is being evaluated as a possible psychiatric diagnosis -- which is causing symptoms of anxiety among some elites ...
Viewpoint: Chipotle: The long defeat of doing nothing well
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The title of this ...
Why humans uniquely live long enough to become grandparents
The Grandma Hypothesis suggests that humans were evolutionarily successful because older females helped their daughters raise children. But living beyond ...
Anti-GMO Mexican activists target biotech researchers with bomb attacks
A new Mexican pro-GMO organization was the target of bombing attacks, suggesting an escalating level of aggression from GMO opponents ...
White privilege? Will Western activists block CRISPR solution to protecting millions of Africans against malaria?
Scientists now have the ability to eradicate one the world's most deadly diseases--malaria, which kills as many as 2.7 million ...
Infographic: Chipotle v GMOs food poisoning scorecard 2015
As the Chipotle food poisoning saga continues to spread across the country, here's a thought to ponder about: ...
Opponents of GMOs might learn from the disastrous legacy of Soviet era Lysenkoism
Opponents of GM foods no doubt believe they stand on the side of science, but independent evidence suggest they are ...
Viewpoint: That fishy stench from The New York Times
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. For one brief, shining ...
