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EU bans popular fungicide chlorothalonil, citing ‘high risk’ to amphibians, fish and bumblebees
One of the world’s most common pesticides will soon be banned by the European Union after safety officials reported human health and ...
Will ‘Green New Deal’ mean the end of hamburgers?
Amid the various critiques of the proposed Green New Deal, few capture the alarmism of the American right quite like ...
Roundup lawsuit: Plaintiff takes the stand against Monsanto in first federal glyphosate-cancer trial
Edwin Hardeman, the first person to challenge Monsanto’s Roundup in a federal trial, testified [March 5] that he sprayed the ...
Is a 10 minute cancer blood test coming soon?
About seven years ago, researchers at the US DNA sequencing company Illumina started to notice something odd. A new blood test it ...
Monsanto lawsuit: Judge threatens to ‘shut down’ plaintiff’s attorney for presenting banned evidence in glyphosate-cancer trial
Monsanto is facing its first federal trial over allegations that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, but a US judge has blocked ...
Rare brain disorder—Angelman syndrome—could be treated with gene therapy in the womb
Scientists are developing a radical form of gene therapy that could cure a devastating medical disorder by mending mutations in the brains ...
Fears that China has used prisoners’ organs for transplants prompts call for retraction of more than 400 scientific papers
A world-first study has called for the mass retraction of more than 400 scientific papers on organ transplantation, amid fears ...
Intensive agriculture driving insects towards extinction, threatening “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems,” study claims
The world’s insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems,” according to the ...
Peach-flavored strawberries, disease-resistant bananas? How genetic engineering is shaking up our fruit supply
New [fruit] varieties created through genetic editing and engineering promise to beat disease, and offer enticing new flavors. ... Genetically ...
‘Cheap and simple’ 10-minute blood test can detect traces of cancer
Scientists have developed a universal cancer test that can detect traces of the disease in a patient’s bloodstream. The cheap ...
Startling discovery: Ancient mixed-race girl had Neanderthal and Denisovan parents
[T]ens of thousands of years ago, modern humans encountered Denisovans – and had sex with them. It is a startling ...
Artificial placentas could transform research into miscarriages, still births and other pregnancy disorders
Scientists have grown “mini placentas” in a breakthrough that could transform research into the underlying causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and ...
‘Overblown’ fear of biotech crops hinders scientific progress, Nobel laureates warn
Winners of this year’s Nobel prize for chemistry say overblown fears about genetically modified foods risk preventing society benefiting from ...
Rethinking confidentiality: Does a child have the right to know if a parent has the Huntington’s disease gene?
Lawyers are bringing a case against a London hospital trust that could trigger major changes to the rules governing patient ...
How immunotherapy uses our immune system to attack cancer
Our usual defence against disease is our immune system. It does an excellent job of sorting out what doesn’t belong ...
Was life on Earth ‘just a lucky accident’? Next Mars mission will drill for answers
American rocket engineers are being urged to push their next Mars mission to the limits of technological performance. Space scientists have ...
Why being tall may increase your cancer risk
Taller people have a greater risk of cancer because they are bigger and so have more cells in their bodies ...
Robot farmers: ‘This is the revolution’
In a quiet corner of rural Hampshire, a robot called Rachel is pootling around an overgrown field. With bright orange ...
Judge upholds landmark glyphosate-cancer verdict, cuts punitive damages 84% to $39 million
A California judge has rejected Monsanto’s appeal to overturn a landmark jury verdict which found that its popular herbicide causes cancer. The ...
Stephen Hawking’s warning: Gene-edited ‘superhumans’ threaten the rest of humanity
The late physicist and author Prof Stephen Hawking has caused controversy by suggesting a new race of superhumans could develop from wealthy ...
‘Low-emission’ cows that produce less methane gas take center stage amid growing climate change fears
From low-emission cows to robotic soil management, the farming industry will have to explore new approaches in the wake of ...
Teaching of evolution under siege in Turkey, Israel and India
In recent weeks there have been alarming reports from both Israel and Turkey of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution being erased from school curriculums ...
Viewpoint: Why it’s too soon to predict the arrival date for an Alzheimer’s cure
A new study has inspired headlines claiming a cure for Alzheimer’s disease could be available within six years – but ...
25 Genomes Project: Conserving British wildlife through genome sequencing
Crucially, every single [Carrington’s featherwort] plant found in this secluded Caledonian enclave is male. … But hope is at hand ...
Gender bias: Are we overlooking autism in women and girls?
Hundreds of thousands of girls and women with autism are going undiagnosed due to it being viewed as a “male ...
3 reasons Mars colonization might be a bad idea
I wanted to look at the case against Mars; three reasons humans should leave the red planet alone. … [T]he first argument ...
Viewpoint: Neurodiversity and why we can’t let fear of autism discourage vaccinations
Measles cases are surging across Europe, as vaccination rates have dropped. It’s a problem that medical authorities believe is, in part, ...
Modern cancer myths and the science behind them
Here are some modern myths about cancer. There have been worries about mobile phones causing cancer since the days of ...
