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Does GMO corn increase crop yields? More than 20 years of data confirm it does — and provides substantial health and safety benefits

Paul McDivitt | 
While many studies show that genetically modified crops contribute to yield gains, GMO critics say that they don’t. Such claims, ...
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Oxford zoologists: Insect decline studies could erode confidence in science if not held to rigorous standards

Clive Hambler, Peter Henderson | 
Global rates of insect decline will be very hard to measure. Conclusions regarding drivers and rates of declines can be ...
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From pesticide scare stories to insect ‘extinction,’ reporters are addicted to ‘pseudoscience,’ says science writer Matt Ridley

Matt Ridley | 
Three times in [February 2019], pseudo-science flew around the world before the scientific truth had got its boots on (as ...
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Claims of ‘insect armageddon’ based on ‘patchy, unrepresentative and piecemeal’ data, entomologists say

Ed Young | 
In 1828, a teenager named Charles Darwin opened a letter to his cousin with “I am dying by inches, from not having ...
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