Genetic Literacy Project
It’s not 2020, but COVID is still a health threat
A mom in my local parent group posted last week asking whether anyone else had recently had COVID. She’d just ...
Leucovorin for autism: Prescriptions surged 700% after Trump endorsed “a random drug that probably doesn’t work”
Following a White House press conference suggesting leucovorin as a treatment for autism in September 2025, and despite a lack ...
Allergic to dogs? A CRISPR solution may be in the works
For people who love dogs but can’t escape the sneezes, hives, and watery eyes around man’s best friend, scientists may ...
Con game: What happens when people are overly concerned they may be suckered
This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine. Which would make you feel worse — losing $100 to a pickpocket ...
Viewpoint: Nazi chic? Trump’s Space Force crosses the line from militarism to parody
President Donald Trump's newly proposed Space Force uniform has sparked comparisons to Nazi military attire as the science fiction movie ...
From smart packaging to bio-based coatings, scientists find new ways to reduce food contamination
In today’s world, food hunger and insecurity are not due to lack of food. Right now, the world produces enough ...
Viewpoint: Realpolitik environmentalism is on the horizon
When was the last time you heard someone call themselves an “environmentalist”? A decade ago, self-professed environmentalists would proudly claim ...
Zero: That is the official American measles death toll for 2026. Here is what RFK Jr.’s CDC leaves out.
The Centers for Disease Control’s weekly measles report is supposed to be a scientific record, not an opportunity to score ...
Viewpoint: How NBC became climate activists’ PR partner and litigation ally—and why it is a symptom of a deeper ideological tilt in the news media
Suncor v. Boulder County, which the Supreme Court will hear this term, asks whether a Colorado county can sue two ...
Innovation vs. regulation? AI is revolutionizing biotechnology—but raising unintended risks and ethical concerns
The recent announcement of novel, viable viruses created by artificial intelligence (AI) was celebrated as a major advance in the ...
Fact vs misinformation: An official EU guide to GMOs and gene-edited foods
The rules governing new gene editing techniques for plants – called "new genomic techniques" (NGTs) – are being changed at ...
Viewpoint— ‘Only when it agrees with him’: How RFK Jr. bullies journals that run research that contradicts his anti-vaccine ideology
The U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services is once again questioning a publisher on an editorial action regarding a ...
The $100 genome: What breaking this accessibility barrier means for the future of genetic testing
In May 2022, Californian biotech Ultima Genomics announced that its UG 100 platform was capable of sequencing an entire human ...
Viewpoint: Follow the money: How Bloomberg Philanthropies and the NGO Lighthouse Reports manufactured a Big Food safety scandal
What happens when you want to run a campaign, but you have very limited data and evidence? One strategy more ...
AI-driven crop innovation gets a boost from the USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking steps to speed up progress in plant science by calling on universities ...
Viewpoint: Assessing and dissecting digital disinformation
Recent reports have highlighted AI-generated “doctors” spreading dubious health advice to millions of social media users. Fabricated wellness trends can ...
Viewpoint: Kennedy moves to close Big Food’s GRAS loophole—but will politically-protected Prevagen and Big Supplement slip through another?
With great fanfare, Secretary Kennedy announced the closing of the GRAS (“Generally Recognized As Safe”) loophole. But separating the rhetoric ...
Viewpoint: Will Trump’s politicization of science undermine U.S. Nobel-level research?
This story was originally published by ProPublica. For decades, physicists wrestled with a fundamental mystery of the universe. They wanted ...
AI data-center controversy: The ocean may solve the political and resource challenges—or simply relocate the environmental costs
The artificial intelligence boom is driving unprecedented demand for data centers, raising concerns about their growing energy consumption, water use ...
What’s the political and health battle over GRAS–ingredients ‘Generally Recognized as Safe’
Behind every significant advance in US food safety lies a public health disaster that forced Congress to act. A regulatory ...
FDA-approved mRNA flu vaccine signals future for RNA therapeutics
Vaccines have been reliably and affordably protecting people from diseases worldwide for centuries. Until the COVID-19 pandemic, however, vaccine development was ...
GMO food scares and organic myths stall Africa’s embrace of agricultural technology and food security
Across Africa, conversations about food are becoming increasingly intertwined with conversations about science as stakeholders across the value chain work ...
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr.’s hand-picked FDA panel of physician grifters legitimizes the ‘cure-all’ peptides craze
A booming wellness market has formed around peptides—mini-proteins that affect various processes inside the body. They help regulate hunger, blood ...
Gene editing’s next frontier: Farm animals
Agriculture has always evolved through better tools. From selective breeding and artificial insemination to precision nutrition and modern biosecurity, producers ...
Fake AI celebrity endorsements of quack wellness cures are surging among the elderly
Paris Hilton’s mother Kathy recently tried the “Jell-O diet” to lose weight. She believed other celebrities – Oprah Winfrey, Doctor ...
Viewpoint: Organic food costs more—but is it healthier, safer, and more nutritious? The latest science findings may surprise you.
Few symbols on food labels evoke such an immediate sense of health as the “organic seal.” Its promise of "natural" ...
Trojan fly: Gene-edited living insecticides could help farmers spray less
On June 3, a three-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, was found with fly larvae feeding on a wound. While ...
From breakthrough to business: The challenging work of scaling gene-edited food for the public
When CRISPR technology first hit the scene in 2012, many saw its promise in tackling stubborn genetic diseases in humans ...
