Genetic Literacy Project

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West’s first scientist, believed ...

Despite years of scientific consensus debunking the "Blood Type Diet," the D’Adamo family has successfully transformed a biological myth into ...

People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution ...

Who would have thought the Trump administration would be championing “regenerative” farming — an approach long associated with progressive food ...

Mike Evans knew something had to change. As the lead instructor for American Government 1101 at Georgia State University in ...

Curious about where the EU currently stands on regulating green biotechnology? For a comprehensive overview, dive into our exclusive three-way ...

[On January 21, 2026], the Texas Attorney General announced a formal investigation into “unlawful financial incentives” for childhood vaccines, claiming ...

Vive les différences. A new health study has found that the classic recommendation of eight hours of sleep may not ...

Martin Kulldorff, chair of the Trump administration’s reconstituted CDC vaccine panel, made a shocking — and misleading — statement as ...

Up to three in every 1,000 newborns has hearing loss in one or both ears. While cochlear implants offer remarkable hope for ...

Much has been written advising laypeople to navigate conflicting medical opinions and identify the golden truth amid the pervasive muck ...

The new Lancet Series on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) draws on decades of global data, mechanistic evidence, and more than 100 ...

Like other developing countries, Indonesia is facing a familiar dilemma: how to feed a growing population while protecting its extraordinary biodiversity ...

Depending on whom you ask, the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans represent a significant step forward for public health—or they're ...

Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept. It is already embedded in how we grow food, diagnose disease, manage ...

[On January 14, 2025], the Senate held its first health committee hearing of the year. The topic? Whether mifepristone, the medication commonly ...

2026 is set to be a pivotal year for the fate of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup and other ...

Chemophobia — the reflexive fear that “chemicals” are inherently dangerous — stokes public anxiety about health and the environment. It ...

We don’t need to look to dystopian authoritarian theocracies portrayed in science fiction novels and movies to know that it ...

Health Warning: Like every other Food Pyramid released in the last two weeks, this article is satire. Although most of the ...

Global farming and food policy is under intensive attack from an alliance of left-leaning environmental activists and the ideologically mushy ...

Across the UK, we face an extensive and growing set of land-related environmental targets - spanning climate change mitigation, biodiversity ...

In July 2025, Uganda’s courts swiftly dismissed a petition challenging the legality of polygamy, citing the protection of religious and ...

The term ultra-processed food (UPF) has become so common — and so charged — that many people feel a sense ...

Over the past year, the MAHA-based wellness industry has emerged as a direct threat to public health. Robert F. Kennedy ...

The organic industry is a multi-billion dollar cash cow (get it—I love a good pun) that is based on zero ...

It is a sad fact of online life that users search for information about suicide. In the earliest days of ...

Ideological misinformation is the most destabilizing force to public understanding of science. Nowhere is this more evident — or more ...