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Scientific American’s new Food Matters blog is all about the science of food, including GMOs

Plant geneticist Pamela Ronald, who advocates a mix of organic and GM agricultural techniques, is among the many voices joining ...
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Ethiopian Jews in Somalia: Tracing remnants of the Yibir

Ibrahim Omer | Genetic Literacy Project |
The Yibir in Somalia is one of the few known Muslim communities worldwide that maintains Jewish descent. A genetic study ...
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Michael Pollan and Amy Harmon discuss GMO controversy

Columbia Journalism Review reporter Alexis Sobel Fitts got Michael Pollan to open up for the first time about the recent ...
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Grist vs. GM Watch: Is there a middle in the GMO debate?

GM Watch's scathing critique of Nathanael Johnson's efforts to find the middle ground in the GMO debate has not deterred ...
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GLP Infographic: International science organizations on crop biotech safety

Genetic Literacy Project |
The web is overflowing with misleading infographics. Here's our own, more accurate list of 10 international science organizations that have ...
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GE regulation: More may be necessary, but need not inhibit innovation

Products such as corporate GM crops, which use a new branch of genetic engineering known as synthetic biology, have been ...
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Time to stop fighting GMO labeling?

Familiarity will be a powerful dampener of Unreasoning Fear of GMOs; Perhaps we can nudge familiarity along with a out-and-proud ...
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Regulation gaps a double-edged sword for GM foods

Scientists and entrepreneurs have found some gaps in regulatory pathways that allow them to get their GM products to market ...
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GMOs and the “reverse halo effect”: Trust is key to dispelling consumer fear

The “reverse halo effect”: once something is labeled GM, it will be perceived as unnatural, therefore bad ...
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Trouble in paradise: Will the GMO debate consume Hawaii?

Hawaii stands at a crossroads: on one side, compromise between residents, consumers, and agriculture that benefits all sides and results ...
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The old and new eugenics

Was "negative eugenics" truly something on the margins of society? Kirk Allison, Director of the Program in Human Rights and ...
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Wine Spectator article outlines how GMOs might help wine industry

GMOs might help protect the wine industry from mildew and other problems ...
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Viewpoint: Genetic engineering produces a genuine monstrosity

This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Activists have warned for ...
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Petition to condemn Golden Rice vandalism gains support from scientific community

An online petition to condemn the activists who destroyed a Golden Rice field trial has gained 1500 signatures in just ...
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GMO labeling proponents now fighting their own labeling legislation on supplements

Citizens for Health, a lobby group for the dietary supplement industry and one of the chief proponents behind the GMO ...
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Elle’s botched response to previously botched anti-GMO story

Elle has had an opportunity to redress its botched GMO coverage by opening its pages to a genuine discussion of ...
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Open letter to French President from French scientists: Lift ban on GMO corn

Genetic Literacy Project |
French scientists write an open letter to French President Francois Hollande, urging him to lift the ban on MON810 corn ...
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Ethical dilemma surrounds genetic tinkering with bird flu

Researchers have outlined plans to genetically experiment with the H9N7 bird flu to test how it might develop human-to-human transmission ...
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Mother Jones’s Philpott supports Pollan “talking points” attack on NYTimes GM orange story

Anti-GMO journalist defends Michael Pollan’s backhanded attack on Amy Harmon’s NYT story on GM oranges ...
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Philpott faux pas: Shills, semantics, and a defense of the science writing community

Stop using “industry defenders” and other dismissive catch-alls to frame genetic modification as us-versus-them ...
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Kickstarter bans GMO handouts, giving way to anti-synthetic bio campaigns

In response to increasing anti-GMO pressure, Kickstarter bans rewarding GMOs for donations to fund hobbyist synthetic biologists. Future entrepreneurs will ...
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Are genetic differences at the root of the Tutsi-Hutu Rwandan conflict?

Is there a genetic difference between the Hutu and Tutsi groups in Rwanda? To understand the horrific genocide in Rwanda ...
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Genetic Literacy Project deconstructs Elle’s botched critique of GMO foods

Lifestyle magazines are fanning the flames of GMO-fear, without recourse to facts and -- in the case of Elle -- ...
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Hawaii science ‘Swat Team’ part 2: Hawaii must resist anti-GMO scare, defend maize nurseries

Hawaii is an important player in global agriculture, and important nursery for the development of maize and other crops due ...
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GLP Infographic: 10 reasons we need crop biotechnology

Genetic Literacy Project |
The web is overflowing with misleading infographics. Here's our own, more accurate list ...
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Egg donation: Some ‘progressives’ say women shouldn’t control own bodies

When stem cell research and egg donation are the issue, some of the same diehard advocates of women’s rights invoke ...
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Hawaii science ‘Swat Team’ engages public fears fanned by anti-GMO activists

Hawaii is in the crosshairs of anti-GMO campaigners. Two bills—one on Kauai and another on the Big Island—are being debated ...

References: The Sudan connection: Are Ethiopian Jews descendants of the ancient Israelites?

The following is a complete list of references for "The Sudan connection: Are Ethiopian Jews descendants of the ancient Israelites," by Ibrahim Omer ...