Genetic Literacy Project
GLP podcast: Red state ‘bullies’ trying to ban fake meat; Alt-health activists in a second Trump Admin? Psilocybin might be superior to some antidepressants
Why are some states trying to ban lab-grown meat? Conspiracy thinking prevails in the alternative health movement, and some of ...
Mental illness is an under-reported, post-infection consequence of COVID. Here’s what you can do to mitigate your risk.
Misguided COVID-minimizers like to say that COVID-19 is no worse than a cold that lasts a few days and then ...
How the ‘regulator-activist-legal-complex’ undermines technological innovation
America continues to lead the world in science and technology, but this is hardly a God-given right. Compared to the ...
With the Chevron Doctrine overturned, the new ‘judicial veto’ of regulations will be bad for science and business
A colleague and I wrote about recent Supreme Court decisions that produced sweeping changes in how government regulation works in the ...
GLP podcast: Rachel Carson launched chemophobia? ‘Big Ag’ helps solve environmental problems; Placebos as medicine
Did revered environmentalist Rachel Carson gives rise to the modern anti-chemical crusade scientists are now struggling to control? Maybe so ...
How good is your sense of direction? Here’s why some people never get lost
Like many of the researchers who study how people find their way from place to place, David Uttal is a ...
Viewpoint: Why are politicians letting the tort lawyer and organic industry funded anti-science Environmental Working Group influence public policy?
We are in an era where rejection of science occurs across all ideologies and communities. Anti-science misinformation spreads as a ...
Trump oversaw one of the great public health accomplishments of the century in the discovery of a Covid vaccine. Now he’s leading the campaign against it
More than four years ago, former President Donald Trump’s administration accelerated the development and rollout of the covid-19 vaccine. The ...
Viewpoint: Faulty science undergirds attacks on paraquat herbicide
The Paraquat-Parkinson’s tort extortion process is a perfect example of the Predatort Playbook in action. Tort law firms contact activist ...
GLP podcast: Egg myths, debunked; You might hate veggies because of your genes; Chemicals causing early puberty? Probably not
The public believes a lot of myths about eggs. Let's debunk some of the most popular misconceptions. If you don't ...
Will the Supreme Court block further glyphosate suits against Bayer?
Recent surprise decisions have upended plaintiffs’ expectations on the toxic tort front. In Delaware, the top court is rehearing the ...
Viewpoint: Chemophobic demonizing of DEET — Boston Museum of Science’s fact-free endorsement of ’non chemical’ insect repellent alternatives
I'm sure you know by now that I often speak about the harms of the appeal to nature fallacy and ...
Viewpoint: Greenwashing irony—Organic food and farming exempt from Europe’s green regulations despite evidence of sustainability lag
On 17 June 2024, the EU Council of Ministers adopted its position on the Green Claims Directive, a regulatory proposal first ...
These people deliberately exposed themselves to COVID to figure out why some people are naturally immune. Here’s what we learned
Throughout the pandemic, one of the key questions on everyone’s mind was why some people avoided getting COVID, while others ...
Viewpoint: If you want to understand how pervasive medical disinformation in the U.S. is, check out this circus organized by GOP Senator Ron Johnson
Honestly, I don’t even know where to begin. But for those who aren’t aware, Ron Johnson, GOP Senator for Wisconsin, ...
Viewpoint: Placebo controversy — When should they ethically be used in studies?
The placebo effect is a phenomenon where individuals experience– or perceive to experience– improvements in symptoms or conditions after receiving a treatment ...
Viewpoint: Large scale, Intensive, land-sparing farming is the sustainable future not the problem
The BBC’s coverage of farming and countryside issues, and its editorial bias in favour of small-scale, more extensive forms of ...
Sickle cell victim summits Killimanjaro after breakthrough gene therapy treatment
Jimi Olaghere was born with sickle cell anemia. He endured years of painful crises, fatigue, and breathing problems. This month, ...
GLP podcast: Should scientists endorse political candidates? Debate erupts over Scientific American’s support for Kamala Harris
"Vote for Kamala Harris to Support Science, Health and the Environment," Scientific American wrote in an incendiary September 16 editorial ...
The Spanish Flu killed 50 million people. It’s frightening that terrorists can create a synthetic version of the pathogen
“The Terrorism Warning Lights Are Blinking Red Again,” according to former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell, who delivered that message ...
3.2-million-year-old Lucy may provide a lesson in the link between nudity and shame
Fifty years ago, scientists discovered a nearly complete fossilized skull and hundreds of pieces of bone of a 3.2-million-year-old female ...
Organic or conventional farming? Which system better preserves our fragile insect population
A three-year run of fragmentary Armageddon-like studies had primed the journalism pumps and settled the media framing about the future ...
Viewpoint: ‘It’s a shortsighted move that will inflame America’s disdain for science’: Scientific American breaks precedent, endorses Kamala Harris
This week, Scientific American urged readers to "Vote for Kamala Harris to Support Science, Health and the Environment." It's a ...
Viewpoint: More American Academy of Pediatrics missteps — Its questionable endorsement of allowing hormone blockers in children
The American Academy of Pediatrics warns that pesticides are endocrine-disrupting chemicals that harm children. Absurdly, AAP also endorses the use ...
Viewpoint: Consumers Report bungles science, promotes another food scare—No, Lunchables will not give your kids cancer
“Should you pack Lunchables for Your Kid’s School Lunch?” asks a piece in the April 9th edition of Consumer Reports ...
GLP podcast: Organic farming—solution to climate change or path to world hunger?
Here's some good news to break up the cacophony of alarmist environmental headlines you read weekly: global agricultural output has ...
Are all processed foods unhealthy? Time for a more nuanced rethink
After decades of searching, many scientists believe they have finally pinned down the main problem with our modern diets—the factor ...
The bigger the animal, the bigger its brain? Not so fast
Scientists have long believed that, generally speaking, the bigger an animal is, the bigger its brain. But our recent study challenges ...
