Undark
Do we unfairly label ‘invasive species’? Conservationists debate whether their positive qualities suggest a rethink
A little over a decade ago, Jason Gleditsch was removing Asian honeysuckle when he noticed the birds. Robins and gray ...
AI and blood poisoning: New tool could help detect sepsis before it becomes fatal
Each year in the United States, sepsis kills over a quarter million people — more than stroke, diabetes, or lung ...
Kernza — a sustainable, perennial grain — may be a wildcard tool to help address climate change challenges in agriculture. What might limit its effectiveness?
In early April, a storm swept central Montana’s plains with 70-mile-per-hour winds. The gusts clawed at wheat fields, sending soil ...
Transitioning transgender teenagers are not new. This Dutch clinic has been helping them for decades
Relationships between and physicians last a long time at Amsterdam’s Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria. Some of today’s adult ...
Will Artificial Intelligence and robotics usher in an era of sustainable precision agriculture?
Across midwestern farms, if Girish Chowdhary has his way, farmers will someday release beagle-sized robots into their fields like a pack ...
We may soon be able to genetically engineer a synthetic alternative to palm oil, helping to preserve biodiversity. Here are the challenges
Tom Jeffries and Tom Kelleher met at Rutgers University in the 1970s while studying industrially useful microbes. Jeffries went on to ...
‘Robust evidence for bisexual orientation among men’: LGBTQ study revision
In , J. Michael Bailey, a sexuality researcher at Northwestern University, and two colleagues showed men who identify as bisexual brief ...
Why aren’t there more medical and mental health treatments for male infertility?
Although men are just as likely as women to have fertility problems, ads for fertility treatment typically feature women holding ...
Viewpoint: Why Monsanto’s pro-GMO ‘crusade’ to win the millennial generation failed
Monsanto has been a lightning rod for people’s views on food, the food system, global health, and war since well ...
Viewpoint: How ‘insect Armageddon’ stories erode public trust in science
When I was growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, long before we spent our evenings drawn to the soft glow of ...
Could gene editing overcome ‘squeamishness’ about GMOs and crop biotechnology?
Climate change is .... empowering a less familiar food foe: fungal pathogens. Molds and mildews thrive under increased precipitation and ...
Video: New strain of wheat stem rust in Uganda could wreak havoc on world’s breadbaskets
There was a time when one of the most dangerous crop diseases a wheat farmer could encounter in the field was ...
Questionable ‘brain health’ quiz heightens Alzheimer’s anxiety
I recently received an advertisement from my own trusted health care provider warning that I may have Alzheimer’s disease, although ...
Science double standard: Media embrace NGO-exaggerated risks, downplay industry research
[T]here is a dangerous double standard in news coverage of environmental and public health risks. Research funded by industry, playing ...
Video: ‘Weed seed pulverizing machine’ could help combat herbicide resistance
Known by a name seemingly out of a superhero comic book, the Harrington Seed Destructor is a mechanical beast that ...
Predicting epidemics and viral outbreaks faces roadblocks, budget constraints
The bat-whisperer is Dr. Prime Mulembakani, and along with a couple of colleagues from the [Democratic Republic of the Congo]’s ...
Sharing your prersonal genetic data may bring privacy risks for your family and descendants
[DNA testing] has become a lucrative field, and represents the fastest growing segment of the $830 million DNA lab industry ...
Vermont’s GMO labeling law doesn’t apply to lucrative cheese industry
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This month, a contentious ...
Fear, confusion block acceptance of potentially life saving GMO goat milk
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .[S]cientists ...
Why do we regulate GMOs like chemicals, not living things?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . ...
Why are black children with autism rarely diagnosed?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For most of the ...
Is wiping out deadly mosquitos with sterilization or GMO solution best to combat Zika?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In response to the ...
Irrational fears may be built into our psychology
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2011, the city leaders of ...
