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The most developed countries have declining birth rates, endangering their economies—or maybe not
Low fertility rates—the average number of children born to a woman—may not spell economic trouble after all, scientists say. In ...
Who’s my daddy? Chinese billionaire has hundreds of U.S.-born babies. Who has custody?
Chinese gaming tycoon Xu Bo's company [December 16, 2025] pushed back against claims he had fathered more than 100 children ...
‘Praying to God for help’: With agricultural policy in disarray, Trump-voting farmers stumble through a catastrophic year
When speaking about his tariffs in March, Trump wrote on Truth Social: "To the Great Farmers of the United States: ...
Florida becomes 2nd state to ban fluoride in drinking water with 4 other states mulling legislation
Florida has become the latest state to restrict fluoride additives in public drinking water, after Governor Ron DeSantis signed the ...
Viewpoint: Environmental activists, food elitists and trial lawyers profiterring on science disinformation put American farmers and U.S. agricultural policy at risk.
Food elitists contend America's farmers and ranchers have lost their way. They want to overturn the system for food production ...
555 million years ago: Meet Quaestio who scientists believe may have been Earth’s first mobile animal
Paleontologists have revealed the fossilized remains of a curious creature that is not only one of Earth's oldest animals, but ...
This desert moss can survive freezing temperatures and intense radiation. Might it be the first plant to grow on Mars?
A future civilization on Mars could be accompanied by one very special and resilient little plant ...
Bumble bees under increasing threat from climate change
The decline of the bumblebees is highly concerning as they are vital for ecosystems. They pollinate flowers and crops. If ...
Only 2% of the world’s population has green eyes. Why so few?
Green eyes are estimated at 2 percent of the population worldwide and prevalence is much higher in certain European countries ...
Lab-grown meat could cost the same as animal meat by 2030. Will that sway grocery shoppers?
Lab-grown meat could see a significant decrease in price if it continues its current trajectory, potentially matching conventional meat costs ...
Viewpoint: Unregulated $14 billion surrogacy industry treats women like ‘children factories’
In the U.S., surrogacy laws vary by state, but on the whole, it's largely unregulated and gaining more acceptance ...
What’s behind recent surge in ‘magical’ health regimens? Getting to bottom of diet and nutrition science
Public health messaging is often a difficult tightrope walk (see: COVID-19) and that is especially true for anything related to ...
Seed espionage and intellectual copyright: Is China covertly stealing US-developed genetically-engineered seeds?
Farmers in Iowa are accusing the Chinese state of stealing valuable seed samples from America, that have been genetically modified ...
Sheep ‘burp’ methane gas, which has 80 times the warming impact of carbon dioxide. Can we genetically engineer them to be more sustainable?
Farmers are looking to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in a weird and wonderful way: using genetically engineered, low-methane sheep ...
A species of rat without the Y chromosome may foreshadow what might evolve in humans
The male Y chromosome has disappeared from a species of rat, leading scientists to investigate how humans might also lose ...
Why resurrecting near-replicas of extinct woolly mammoths might work
Woolly mammoths, the iconic giants of the last ice age, went extinct around 4,000 years ago. But one company is ...
Ancient human brains reveal that our ancestors meditated to relieve stress
Scientists have discovered that humans, unlike our Neanderthal cousins, evolved the ability to meditate to deal with both past and ...
‘Special skills’: How dyslexia helped the human race survive
People with dyslexia have special skills that enabled our species to survive. They are better at solving problems and adapting ...
Did Russia’s destruction of Ukrainian plant genetic resource center also demolish the country’s National Seed Bank?
Earlier this year, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and while Vladimir Putin's forces have largely retreated from the north ...
Overcoming vaccine reluctance: How Walmart has become a surprise leader in challenging irrational opposition
Our Rutgers-affiliated NGO, the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), set out to create a data-driven forecast of vaccine reluctance. In collaboration ...
Viewpoint: Why governments are ‘over-reacting’ to Omicron
A South African medical professional has criticized what she considers to be an "over-reaction" to the Omicron variant by some ...
COVID patient zero? Wuhan seafood vendor identified as earliest confirmed case, sparking debate among scientists
A new perspective on the origins of COVID has been released in a report that suggests the earliest known case ...
Plastic into protein? It may seem far-fetched, but a ‘food generator’ is in the works
Two U.S. scientists have won a 1 million euro ($1.18 million) prize for creating a food generator concept that turns ...
RNA hacking: How the miraculous tools of the genetics revolution will transform healthcare and the world
[mRNA COVID] vaccines, in essence, transform our bodies into personalized manufacturing plants producing an otherwise foreign object to trigger our ...
‘Nowhere in sight’: Sweden shows no signs of herd immunity developing
[Sweden] didn't enforce a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but instead advised citizens on how to behave. Shops, restaurants, and gyms stayed ...
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker propose phased in ‘factory farming’ ban to clamp down on ‘Big Ag’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced [May 7] that she would be co-sponsoring Sen. Cory Booker's bill to phase out large-scale factory ...
Plant-based beef ingredients from China may hurt Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat sales
While America's biggest beef and pork producers were nearly laid low in April by COVID-19 cases in their workforce, sales ...
Human trials underway on 2 coronavirus vaccines in China
China has started clinical trials on two potential COVID-19 vaccines, the country's official state-run press agency reported citing the State ...
