New York Times
Grocery Mantufacturers Association faces lawsuit over illegal GMO labeling campaign donations
A lobbying group for major American food manufacturers has violated campaign finance laws in its attempt to block a measure ...
Mark Bittman: More options for “solving” world hunger than biotechnology
"It’s been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy spoke of ending world hunger, yet on the eve of World ...
California Governor vetoes biotech bill that would have encouraged generic biosimilars
California bill SB 598, which would have required pharmacists to inform patients if they were being given 'biosimilars' instead of ...
Why good girls like bad guys—Does evolution explain?
In different cultures around the world, women are drawn to bad boys. The phenomenon is so common, in fact, that ...
Weighing surgery in light of a breast cancer gene
When Tracy Dunbrook, a bioethicist in Sherman, Conn., tested positive for the BRCA gene mutation, she was told she had ...
Breakthroughs in prenatal screening
Improvements in medical science make it prenatal screening tests that can detect chromosomal problems in the fetus accurate and commonplace ...
Fight over genetically altered crops intensifies in Hawaii
The balmy tropical isles here seem worlds apart from the expansive cornfields of the Midwest, but Hawaii has become the ...
Could DNA be encoding our political beliefs?
As scientists further investigate the human genome, more behaviors can be tied to genetics. Is political leaning one them? ...
Disease cutting corn yields, some speculate GM connection
ALTON, Iowa — It has come on like a tidal wave, washing across the Corn Belt from Minnesota to the ...
Pairing news and education: ‘Where Do Your Genes Come From?’ and ‘DNA Double Take’
A common student misconception about science is that it’s a bunch of facts and equations to be memorized and regurgitated ...
Gene therapy with a difference
Terri Ellsworth is convinced that her 12-year-old son Billy, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is being helped by an experimental drug ...
Misgivings about how a weed killer affects the soil
ALTON, Iowa — The puny, yellow corn stalks stand like weary sentries on one boundary of Dennis Von Arb’s field ...
You may be a patchwork of genomes
A single body, a single genome: that's the rule. Or it was. Researchers are finding that many perfectly healthy individuals ...
USAID Administrator pens “Letter to the Editor” on Golden rice
What’s really at stake in the genetic engineering debate? Better nutrition and incomes for poor families everywhere. Throughout history, our ...
Male sensitivity written in the genes
In human development, certain genes act as master switches, ensuring that we are born with similar attributes (one head, two ...
Tomatoes ripe for improvement
Science is trying to build a better supermarket tomato. At a laboratory here at the University of Florida’s Institute for Plant ...
Prominent scientists and journalists in agreement: Golden Rice research should continue
Andrew Revkin weaves together narratives from journalists Amy Harmon and Mark Lynas about the critical need for Golden Rice trials ...
Would Golden Rice save lives in developing countries?
Following the recent destruction of Golden Rice field trials in the Philippines, the New York Times' Amy Harmon narrates the ...
India’s doubting fathers and sons embrace DNA paternity tests
The increasing availability of DNA paternity tests in India may lead to a number of ethical conundrums ...
Exercise causes epigenetic changes
Exercise promotes health, reducing most people’s risks of developing diabetes and growing obese. But just how, at a cellular level, ...
Poll shows strong support for GM labeling
Americans overwhelmingly support labeling foods that have been genetically modified or engineered, according to a New York Times poll conducted ...
Biotech food companies pledge transparency, launch GMOAnswers.com
With pressure growing to label genetically modified foods, the developers of biotechnology crops are starting a campaign to gain support ...
Fate of Florida oranges rests on whether activists succeed in debasing GM debate
In a journalistic tour de force, New York Times reporter Amy Harmon offers a thoughtful deconstruction of how politics and ...
Can genome research on the palm tree help save endangered rainforests?
Scientists hope to use genomic knowledge to grow better trees that can yield more oil and reduce pressure on the ...
High-tech, high-risk forensics
When the police arrived last November at the ransacked mansion of the millionaire investor Raveesh Kumra, outside of San Jose, ...
DNA backs American history of some dog breeds
Some South Carolina dogs still live in the wild, and local people have long thought they were one of the ...
How weeds evolve
Depending on your point of view, barnyardgrass is a nightmare or a marvel. That’s because it’s a supremely triumphant weed ...
Spatial skills may be an early sign of creativity
A gift for spatial reasoning—the kind that may inspire a child to dismantle a clock—may be a greater predictor of ...
