The Week
9 top RFK, Jr. science controversies
From sweeping changes to vaccination protocols to scientifically dubious assertions about a host of childhood maladies, here are some of ...
Taking a fresh look at the positives and negatives of genetically modified crops
[T]he vast majority of GMOs grown in the U.S. are "engineered to produce their own pesticides, or survive direct application ...
In global first, Argentina gallops ahead of other western countries in producing Crispr horses and other animals
Scientists in the polo-obsessed nation [of Argentina] have produced the world's first genetically edited horses, modifying DNA from a champion ...
Filling an ecological niche in a post-human world’: Why octopuses could succeed humans as Earth’s dominant species
[S]peculative fiction author Ray Nayler published "The Mountain in the Sea," his first novel, depicting a not-too-distant future in which ...
8 breakthroughs in science during 2024
Scientists are making new discoveries every day. Although some may fly under the radar, many of these findings are groundbreaking ...
Mistrust in experts? How the ‘unpasteurized milk movement’ ballooned among conservatives
During the 2000s, after decades of highly processed food and skyrocketing obesity rates, consumers began to favour natural, organic food, said ...
Science vs. equity: Debate over future of gene editing intensifies
Turning to genetic modification could be a solution for a number of genetic diseases including sickle cell anemia, muscular dystrophy ...