New York Times
Is sexual orientation ‘gaydar’ detection machine sound or ethical?
[Michal Kosinski] decided to show that it was possible to use facial recognition analysis to detect something intimate, something “people ...
Pumpkins, cucumbers, and watermelons diverged from a single melon ancestor
About 100 million years ago, the genome of a single melon-like fruit copied itself. Over time, this one ancestor became ...
Viewpoint: Climate change, pesticides endanger monarch butterfly populations
The life cycle of the monarch hinges on the availability of milkweed, but the prevalence of the herbicide Roundup has ...
Gene identified for disease resistance in bananas, may stave off ‘bananapocalypse’
For decades, biotech researchers and conventional breeders were foiled in their efforts to bring disease resistance to the Cavendish [banana] ...
Viewpoint: Glyphosate herbicide’s ‘tough year’ could get much worse
Monsanto’s flagship weed killer, Roundup, has had a tough year. And it could get worse. With Roundup at the center ...
Why are thousands of bumblebees dying around the fragrant Linden trees of London?
Visitors in the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens near London have reported hundreds, if not thousands of bees, especially bumblebees, sick or ...
Sudden increase in Zika’s potency linked to small mutation
It remains one of the great mysteries of the Zika epidemic: Why did a virus that existed for decades elsewhere ...
Saving chocolate: Scientists develop disease-resistant hybrid cacao clones that dramatically increase yields
[F]ew cacao varieties are widely cultivated, and that’s a problem: Like many other crops, cacao is under constant threat from ...
Monsanto’s dicamba herbicide crisis divides farmers on pesticide regulations
Farmers planted a new kind of seed on 25 million acres of soybean and cotton fields this year. Developed by ...
CRISPR may allow us to choose the color of butterfly wings
Only nature can paint the gorgeous colors and patterns on a butterfly’s wings. But scientists said... they have mastered the ...
FDA approves first product claiming to reduce infant peanut allergies
A new powdered peanut product is the first food item allowed to claim it may reduce peanut allergies in infants, ...
Why do gene therapy treatments cost so much?
The first gene therapy treatment in the United States was approved recently by the Food and Drug Administration, heralding a new ...
‘Unscrupulous’ stem cell clinics targeted in FDA crackdown
The Food and Drug Administration announced a crackdown on dangerous stem cell clinics...while at the same time pledging to ease the path to approval ...
Unlocking the past: DNA ancestry tests rewrite family histories
A growing number of companies now offer DNA tests that promise to pinpoint a customer’s heritage and, with permission, to ...
First-ever gene-altering leukemia treatment approved by the FDA, uses patient cells to fight cancer
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first-ever treatment that genetically alters a patient’s own cells to fight cancer, a milestone ...
Harvard’s George Church: CRISPR could give us pig-to-human organ transplants within 2 years
In a bold scientific step that helps open the door to organ transplants from animals, researchers at Harvard and a ...
FDA questions safety of Impossible Burger’s veggie patties made with genetically engineered yeast
One of the chief selling points of the Impossible Burger, a much ballyhooed plant-based burger patty, is its resemblance to ...
Monsanto glyphosate case: Select documents suggest company tried to influence public debate over weed killer
Documents released [August 1, 2017] in a lawsuit against Monsanto raised new questions about the company’s efforts to influence the news media ...
Parts per billion trace amounts of glyphosate herbicide found in Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
A growing number of foods commonly found in kitchens across America have tested positive for glyphosate, the herbicide that is ...
Gene therapy leukemia treatments approval expected by end of 2017
The approval of gene therapy for leukemia, expected in the next few months, will open the door to a radically ...
Why South Asia is a ‘living laboratory’ to study population genetics and disease
South Asians should be viewed not as a single population but as thousands of distinct groups reinforced by cultural practices ...
Video: Plant defenses turn caterpillar pests into cannibals
If you’re a hungry caterpillar and you’ve got a choice between eating a plant or another caterpillar, which do you ...
Clues to autism in how we are genetically programmed to look at faces
How we look at other people’s faces is strongly influenced by our genes, scientists have found in new research that ...
Addictions: Are overeating and drug use hardwired in the brain’s ‘reward circuit’?
Neuroscientists have found that food and recreational drugs have a common target in the “reward circuit” of the brain, and ...
NY Times on Food Evolution movie: ‘In a world desperate for safe, sustainable food, GMOs may well be a force for good’
The scientific method is under siege, and not just from naysayers who dismiss climate change or fear vaccines. G.M.O.s — ...
Downside to editing out ‘bad genes’: We might need them later
[With CRISPR, couples] may soon be able to edit [genes linked to genetic disorders] right out of their own sperm, ...
10 more years: Men with this common gene mutation may live longer, grow taller
A common genetic mutation is linked to an increase in life span of about 10 years among men...The mutation, described ...
Prospective psychology: Brain’s focus on future guides our behavior and survival
What best distinguishes our species [from other animals] is an ability that scientists are just beginning to appreciate: We contemplate ...
