gmo

An old myth has resurfaced that a GMO almost destroyed all life on Earth — but what's the real story? ...

We live in a precautionary era in which technological breakthroughs poised to dominate the coming decades—from artificial intelligence and nanotechnology ...

If we are serious about settling on other planets, we must grow food efficiently outside the safe environment of Earth ...

You can't be a stalwart defender of scientific consensus, expertise and evidence-based medicine while taking contrarian positions on critical public ...

America's ferocious battles over food safety and nutrition are often driven by politics and other ideological considerations rather than cold, ...

Today's science disinformation ecosystem is sustained by a truly strange coalition of MAGA conservatives and liberal “wellness warriors” who have ...

Greenpeace USA just lost a $667 million defamation lawsuit over pipeline protests that might sink the infamous NGO for good ...

Tired of chasing ambulances and suing chemical companies, tort lawyers have identified a new villain: the Girl Scouts. You may ...

Tew Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has never hesitated to attack modern agriculture. Though most ...

Some public health experts claim that banning menthol cigarettes will save hundreds of thousands of lives. Are they right, or ...

Another teenager has committed suicide following some horrifying encouragement from an AI chatbot to "please die." Who's at fault when ...

With a few thumb taps on a smart phone, we can order an almost limitless selection of foods and have ...

Food production has absolutely exploded since the 1960s, feeding billions more people while innovative technologies reduced the environmental impact of ...

Here's some good news to break up the cacophony of alarmist environmental headlines you read weekly: global agricultural output has ...

In cheese production, the need to use traditional rennet obtained from calf stomachs has largely been removed because of a ...

The EPA is facing a new crop of lawsuits brought by plaintiffs who say the agency's new guidance on "forever ...

Strong and disturbing evidence is emerging that anti-biotechnology groups have succeeded in muddying the media and scientific waters by aligning ...

Posts were appearing on my Facebook feed warning against the dangers of eating tilapia. So I decided to do a ...

Once fiercely skeptical of "Big Ag," even adamantly progressive media outlets like Mother Jones are beginning to embrace the use ...

Genetically engineered crops are nearly three decades olds at this point. What impacts have they had on agriculture over those ...

An heirloom seed company that prides itself on selling GMO-free products mistakenly put a genetically engineered tomato on the cover ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a spurious attack on GM crops and pesticides, then reneged on its commitment ...

Can marijuana make your workout better? Probably not, according to a recent study. Four science publications produce a large swath ...

Ruth MacDonald, PhD, Author, Professor and Chair, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, and Interim Senior ...

Good hygiene is important, but too much of it might be contributing to chronic disease in developed countries. A data ...

In 2022 and 2023, two papers analyzing the intersection of genetic engineering and disinformation were published. Neither were in very ...

Who is David and who is Goliath when it comes to the GMO debate? Anti-biotech activists have long maintained that ...