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Designer bacteria can make your gut healthy, and your poop glow
Biologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a genetically modified version of a common bacteria found in the ...
Humans evolved across Africa and hybridized creating diversity
Homo sapiens appeared on the African landscape some 200,000 years ago. While scientists have long imagined eastern Africa as a ...
Video: GMO opponents sue to block new Enlist Duo GMO corn and soybeans
Millions of acres of farmland in the U.S. have been affected by herbicide-resistant weeds. And the problem is spreading, which ...
PBS’s John Hockenberry challenges Vandana Shiva on GMO misstatements
The Takeaway host John Hockenberry interviews anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva on Monsanto, Bt cotton and global trade, pesticide use, farmer ...
Biohackers turning mushrooms into furniture show promise, concerns about synthetic biology
How do you transform mushrooms into furniture, or re-wire algae to conduct electricity? Biohacking, the practice of rewiring the biology ...
PBS video: Golden Rice faces challenges in Phillipines
Vitamin A deficiency is a deadly threat to kids and pregnant mothers in the Third World. In the Philippines, the ...
Fungi genes may be key to higher crop yields
Ian Sanders wants to feed the world. A soft-spoken Brit, Sanders studies fungus genetics in a lab at the University ...
Air pollution may trigger autism in the genetically predisposed
New research from the University of Southern California shows air pollution increases the risk for autism among those who carry ...
GMOs may feed the world using fewer pesticides
Walter De Jong shouts over the roar of fans in the greenhouse. He’s telling me about the seedlings beside him, ...
