Genetic Literacy Project

During the years that the COVID-19 pandemic was murderously sweeping the world, it killed about seven million — more than 1.1 ...

Is meat-eating analogous to human sacrifice? One Washington Post contributor says yes, but how strong is her case? Another expert ...

Hal Dempsey wanted to “escape Missouri.” Arlo Dennis is “fleeing Florida.” The Tillison family “can’t stay in Texas.” ...

As with people, some dogs may be more neurologically prone to anxiety. But canine stress is often mistaken for mischief ...

Is the United States out of the woods yet with COVID? The evidence is problematic ...

Much of the nutrition research that attracts media attention is deeply flawed. A new study explains why. Silicon Valley tech ...

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the latest scion of the Kennedy clan to seek the presidency, has a ...

Even if it sounds like breaking a taboo, new gene editing techniques and organic are an excellent match ...

In January 2017, I met Jiankui He, the now-infamous Chinese scientist who would go on to create the world’s first genome-edited ...

When UK Ministers first unveiled plans to diverge from restrictive EU rules classifying gene edited products as GMOs, it was ...

"Fake news" may be new to most people, but not to followers of the anti-GMO debate. Here are some of ...

As Dr. Jones returns to the big screen, a real archaeologist acknowledges the movie franchise's shortcomings while espousing its merits ...

The “Farm to Fork” strategy is an important part of the EU Green Deal. As a farmer, I endorse the ...

Many harmful myths about farming persist on social media. Let's explore some of the most common falsehoods about agriculture you're ...

The Greek Ministry of Health has issued a stark warning: rapidly multiplying, stealthily infiltrating and carrying a deadly payload of ...

Russia's decision to ban importation and cultivation of GMOs made sense from a political perspective. But it's a decision the ...

In the coming years, the obstacles to ectogenesis --development outside of a mother from fertilization to full-term infancy-- will be ...

Anti-GE activists spin a narrative that large agribusiness companies have seduced farmers into planting GMO crops where it’s legal, such ...

Does the sweetener aspartame, found in all sorts of foods and drinks, cause cancer? Controversy over the chemical's safety has ...

Rather predictable howls of protest from organic lobbyists greeted the recent decision to allow the temporary use of neonic seed ...

Over the past several years, the medical community has learned, to its dismay, that we can experience a “twindemic” of ...

How does what we eat affect our healthspan and longevity? The answer to this relatively concise question is unavoidably complex.” ...

By one estimate, as many as 20% of business leaders have “clinically relevant levels” of psychopathic tendencies ...

Crop biotechnology critics argue that the use of genetically modified seeds, which now represent nearly 95 percent of soybeans and ...

Two weeks after sperm fertilizes egg is a critical time in human prenatal development. Intricate waves of signals stamp cells ...

Decades of industrial agriculture have caused environmental and social damage across the globe. Soils have deteriorated and plant and animal species are ...

New tools are helping neuroscientists investigate why early life is such a crucial time for neural development ...

Gene editing has yielded allergy-free eggs that might prevent severe episodes of anaphylaxis in young children. Ticks and mosquitoes are ...