Genetic Literacy Project
“Fear Babe”: New book dissects the scare tactics of Vani Hari
From preservatives to pesticides, "Fear Babe" examines the claims of self-proclaimed Food Babe Vani Hari and the most notorious food ...
New England Journal of Medicine ignored Chuck Benbrook’s failure to disclose organic conflicts of interests
The New England Journal of Medicine has a long history and important place in the sphere of American medical practice ...
TNT’s “The Last Ship” shadows Ebolavirus crisis: How realistic is a contagious vaccine?
It’s wildly imaginative and the science breakthroughs and clinical development of a breathable treatment happen all too quickly on the ...
Twin study in space: Gemini mid-mission update on pathbreaking nature-nuture research
In genetic research, twin studies are the gold standard to address the nature/nurture quandary. The current space mission highlights the ...
Anti-GMO ‘Big Lie’: Is labeling really about our “Right to Know”?
Anti-GMO leaders often claim they are not against crop biotechnology; their only desire is a 'right to know' what's in ...
The price of science literacy: Florida professors’ open letter of support for Kevin Folta
University of Florida professors come out in support of independent researchers in the crosshairs of anti-GMO activists ...
FOIA emails reveal anti-GMO, pro-organic spin ‘A team’ led by Tom Philpott and Michael Pollan
A trove of new emails tied to former professor Charles Benbrook shines an ethically harsh light on the journalistic ethics ...
Precision medicine’s cost challenges: Are there lower tech alternatives?
Precision medicine is leading to cures but at high cost to healthcare systems. But there are emerging examples of lower-tech ...
How to distinguish a GMO hard-boiled egg from an organic one
This, is a Public Service Announcement from the good folks at Big Organic. Protect yourselves.... For the full explanation of ...
FOIA: Organic industry, Chuck Benbrook orchestrated anti-GMO “independent” research, marketing
FOIA released emails show that the former university professor whose research is the lynchpin of the anti-GMOs industry's public case ...
Talking Biotech: GMO corn experiment for everybody; Sugar beet domestication and breeding
Biology Fortified's public GMO wildlife corn eating experiment; Plant geneticist Lee Panella talks sugar beets ...
A co-existence peace plan for GMOs and organics
Could organic and GM farming step past the rhetoric and vitriol, and co-exist? The science says yes ...
DNA repair award highlights critical disease research
When DNA has been damaged, repair mechanisms can begin which help to ameliorate the damage ...
India farmers’ ‘seeds of suicide’: 200-year old story behind a modern tragedy
Anti-GMO activists have linked a spate of suicides to the introduction of GMO cotton in 2002. But the tragedy is ...
Mental illness: Genes form underlying basis, but the environment dictates who actually becomes ill
Figuring out the relative contributions of genetics to mental illness could go a long way to devising counseling, screening and ...
Nassim Taleb’s Precautionary Principle nonsense and warped “GMO” pseudo-category
Expertise in economic, statistics and stock market risk does not translate into competent analysis about biotechnology and food ...
Understanding how fetal tissue is medically used
The public discussion about abortion and fetal tissue has obscured a discussion of how the tissues are ethically and legally ...
Anti-GMO forces can slow train of technological progress but cannot derail it
Science ultimately conquers ignorance and so it will be with GMOs ...
Cohanim studies: Understanding the Ethiopian Beta Israel Jewish priesthood tradition
Did the Beta Israel "forget" their ancient tradition of a male-descended Jewish priesthood? ...
Psychological torture of terrorists: Experts followed dubious practices
Criticism of the psychological techniques used to pry information from suspected terrorists and other prisoners has led to a dramatic ...
‘Know GMO’ documentary, filming in Africa, challenges anti-GM scare campaign
Documentary filmmakers travel to Uganda with hopes of bringing better understanding based on facts, evidence and science to the greater ...
Talking Biotech: Talking chemophobia with SciBabe; Kevin Folta answers questions
SciBabe Yvette d’Entremont on chemophobia, glyphosate and Don Huber; Folta discusses biotech ...
How supercomputers and plant genetics provide farmers better seeds
Without advanced computing, the secrets of plant genetics would go largely untapped ...
Experts reluctant to speak out on ‘hot button’ fetal tissue research
The Planned Parenthood controversy threatens to result in a ban for fetal tissue research. The problem is exacerbated because experts ...
Next-generation genetic engineering must address public fears
Next generation innovations for genetic modification of food and medicine face an uncertain future. Avoiding the public acceptance failures that ...
Investigation: Are results of cancer studies reliable?
Why are so many studies not reproducible? The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology, an open-source replication project, aims to examine this ...
Talking Biotech: “Pesticides”—New frontier of agricultural biotechnology opposition
Chemical control expert Steve Savage on the targeting of chemicals by anti-GMO activists ...
