Viewpoint: Here’s one key thing the Biden administration can do to seriously address climate change

Viewpoint: Here’s one key thing the Biden administration can do to seriously address climate change

President Biden and his administration need to take concerted actions to advance an area of research that could prove decisive ...
CRISPR, forests and climate change: Gene editing poised to engineer faster growing, carbon sucking trees—if activists don’t block it

CRISPR, forests and climate change: Gene editing poised to engineer faster growing, carbon sucking trees—if activists don’t block it

For years, scientists have recommended planting more trees to fight climate change. With more trees, the rate of photosynthesis will ...
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Herbicides and fungicides could be key factors in bee health problems, study finds

Honey bees might be drawn to the very chemicals that are endangering them, based on experiments in which they preferred ...
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Progression of HIV triggered by each patient’s genes

Lea Surugue | International Business Times | 
Scientists have long observed important differences in the rate of disease progression among individuals infected with HIV. It is now ...
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We did not evolve small teeth because of brain development or primitive food-cutting tools

The human brain and teeth have not evolved together in humans, unlike what past studies had suggested. ... Compared with ...
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Premenstrual dysphoric disorder: Debilitating form of PMS has genetic basis

It's genetic – the debilitating form of premenstrual syndrome with very severe cramps, irritability, breast soreness and muscle aches known ...
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Genetic evidence identifies schizophrenia as ‘modern’ disease

Schizophrenia is a "modern" disease, which developed after humans diverged from Neanderthals, between 300,000 and 700,000 years ago. Scientists say ...
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Could synthetic biology become tomorrow’s richest industry?

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [E]conomic growth comes down ...

Latest lawsuit alleges that Chipotle tried to cover up norovirus outbreak

Julia Glum | International Business Times | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Lawyers representing seven people ...

Brazil fines major corporations for failure to label products containing GMOs

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Brazil's Ministry of Justice ...

Home-grown sex hormones may become reality with genetically modified tobacco plant

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Transgender people may soon ...

Scotland banning GMOs over objections of Scottish farmers

Scotland is to ban the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) produce, the country's rural ministry has announced. Rural affairs secretary Richard ...

Pharmaceutical companies relying on genetic data to develop new drugs

To find out what exactly can go wrong when genes get out of whack, the U.S. government got the ball ...

60-million-year-old fossils found in China revolutionizing evolution of complex life

Kate Spicer | International Business Times | 
Three spherical fossils discovered in China are believed to be from the world's earliest animals, dating back 600 million years ...
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How did we tame wild animals?

Genes controlling the development of the brain and nervous system were fundamentally important for animal domestication, according to new research ...
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Can neuroscience offer advice on business relationships?

Jan Hills, founder of leadership development consultancy Head Heart + Brain, sat down with IBTimes UK to talk about her ...

What would a world without GMOs look like? You might be surprised

We had a little thought experiment in mind: what if the activists got their wish? What would a world without ...

Shorter people less likely to have high IQs

Shorter people are likely to be less intelligent than taller people, according to scientists. Scientists in London and Edinburgh claim ...

Zoo animals tend to be genetic disasters

Many popular animals kept in zoos across Europe have become deeply inbred and very little "genetic integrity", a new report ...

For the first time, developing countries producing more GM crops than developed world

Mike Obel | International Business Times | 
This year, for the first time in the 20 years that genetically modified crops have been available, farmers in developing ...

Scientists reconstruct genomes of Ice-Age animals

Zoe Mintz | International Business Times | 
The genomes of giant Ice Age animals were reconstructed thanks to a new technique that may advance our understanding of ...

GE misconceptions, risks, and rewards, one Cornell scientist’s take

The following is an edited excerpt. GE crops have been in American fields and grocery stores for more than a ...

EU GMO policy paradox: Farmers can’t plant GM corn, but it can be imported

The following is an excerpt. Europe needs to embrace genetically engineered crops or face economic decline, according to a group ...

GMO health risks: What the scientific evidence says

The following is an excerpt. Many Americans are concerned about the spread of genetically modified organisms throughout agriculture -- and ...

Chinese scientists may soon be able to genetically engineer smarter children

The following is an edited excerpt. A company in China is attempting to identify common alleles in the DNA of ...
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