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Viewpoint: Do you believe in magic? Many nutritional supplements are impure, ineffective, unsafe — and unregulated. That needs to change

Henry Miller | 
Herbal dietary supplements (also known as nutritional supplements, but correctly called botanicals), once dismissed as hippie fare, are now widely ...
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Genetic embryo screening for health issues and IQ inch closer to reality. Here’s a primer on what you can expect

Barbara Pfeffer Billauer | 
The world of IVF has introduced a host of ethical quandaries. For now, Alabamians will be spared grappling the latest, ...
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When in our evolutionary history did we become ‘human’?

Nick Longrich | 
We now know from evolutionary science that humanity has existed in some form or another for around 2 million years ...
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Organ shortage and genetic modification: Tissues from 3D-bioprinting and GM pigs could address organ shortages but over-regulation causes lags

Henry Miller, Sally Satel | 
Modern medicine has produced many kinds of high-tech miracles, among them gene therapy to correct malfunctioning genes, electrical stimulation devices to restore ...
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England’s gene-editing rules could be far more restrictive than scientists hope

Daniel Pearsall, Karen Holt | 
In proposals set out in a recent public consultation document, the Food Standards Agency has confirmed its plans for implementing ...
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Viewpoint: Ramazzini Institute — Exposing the the shadowy, dark money and tort lawyer funded anti-pesticide research organization manipulating the media and policy organizations

Robert Wager | 
Peer review came about to ensure new scientific claims are vetted by scientists prior to publication. The practice is captured ...
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Viewpoint: Whitewash — How four obstructionist journals and their academic enablers are corrupting reporting on the science of chemicals and crop biotechnology

Andrew Porterfield, Jon Entine | 
In 2022 and 2023, two papers analyzing the intersection of genetic engineering and disinformation were published. Neither were in very ...
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Viewpoint: Are corporations and Western countries shackling African agriculture to suit their interests, as anti-GMO groups claim? Or are the activists doing the shackling?

Cameron English | 
Genetically enhanced (GE) crops, pesticides, and fertilizers have fueled an explosion in food production over the last six decades. Following ...
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African scientists challenge activist claims that crop biotechnology revolution spreading across Africa threatens continent’s plant biodiversity 

Richard Wetaya | 
Do genetically modified (GM) pose a threat to the Africa’s plant biodiversity? ...
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Viewpoint: Here’s what happens when legislators pander to activists by over-regulating science and medical practice in an ill-advised effort to ‘protect the public’

Henry Miller | 
It is bad enough when unqualified pundits offer dumb opinions about science, but bad legislation can cause real damage. The COVID ...
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Nether region science—What’s the allure for cats of fellow feline rear ends?

Ricki Lewis | 
Anyone who lives with more than one member of Felis catus knows that our beloved felines love to smell each other’s ...
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Viewpoint: Never heard of the Heartland Health Research Alliance? Here’s how the organic- and tort-lawyer funded sham research center generates disinformation about glyphosate and other farm chemicals

David Zaruk, Kathleen Hefferon | 
Where would science be if an influential institute today was established by tort lawyers to produce research solely for use ...
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Viewpoint: Perversity activism — How European anti-biotechnology NGOs end up promoting commodity-crop farming, consolidating the seed market and undermining sustainability

David Zaruk | 
One of the most attractive advantages of NGTs is the low cost of entry for innovators. Labs in developing countries ...
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Here’s the straight poop about fecal transplants

Ricki Lewis | 
Fecal transplants carry a certain ick factor for many people. But there is a legitimate medical use for them -- ...
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Analysis: Do neonicotinoid and glyphosate pesticides threaten bees? A reassessment

Jon Entine | 
"The honeybee is in no way endangered. If there’s a top ten list of what’s killing honey bee colonies, I’d ...
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Viewpoint: Activists falsely claim Bill Gates orchestrated flare-up in malaria cases so he can ‘cash in’ on eradicating it

Henry Miller | 
The eight cases of locally transmitted malaria recently reported in the U.S. – the first in 20 years – have ...
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How to argue about ‘race’: Charles Murray and Adam Rutherford are not so far apart

Patrick Whittle | 
Shortly before the killing of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer in May this year, two (now tragically ...
Genetic medical astrology? Nutrigenomic DNA tests: Can you prime your health by tailoring diet and exercise to your biology?

Genetic medical astrology? Nutrigenomic DNA tests: Can you prime your health by tailoring diet and exercise to your biology?

Mariam Sajid | 
"The promise of genetic testing is that it can tell you more about the way you're built so that you ...
Unraveling the mystery of who gets lung cancer and why

Unraveling the mystery of who gets lung cancer and why

Geoffrey Kabat | 
Why do some heavy smokers never get lung cancer? And why do some people who never smoke get lung cancer? ...
Are you cranky if you don’t eat? This explains that ‘hangry’ feeling

Are you cranky if you don’t eat? This explains that ‘hangry’ feeling

Amber Dance | 
Neuroscientists think a cluster of cells in the brain that stimulate appetite could be a target for eating disorder therapies ...
What do 'non-identical' identical twins have to do with COVID-19? Mutations!

What do ‘non-identical’ identical twins have to do with COVID-19? Mutations!

Ricki Lewis | 
Identical twins Stella and Desiree Vignes were born in 1938 in a Louisiana town so small that it wasn’t on ...
‘Unlocking creative potential’: Why the first 10 minutes of sleep are so important

‘Unlocking creative potential’: Why the first 10 minutes of sleep are so important

Ross Pomeroy | 
There is a stage of sleep where we still have a toe in the waking world — remaining able to ...
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Greenwashing or greening agriculture? Food companies developing efforts to prevent carbon in soil from leaking into the atmosphere

Meg Wilcox | 
Jason Johnson, Stonyfield Organic’s farmer relationship manager, fires up the AgriCORE soil sampling tool in a pasture with sweeping views ...
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Reduce synthetic fertilizers and improve yields? The microbiome revolution comes to agriculture

Henry Miller, Kathleen Hefferon | 
If manipulated correctly, they can help us cure cancer, understand how we can adapt to rising temperatures, play a role ...
Can OpenAI prevent vaccine conspiracy theories from bubbling up in ChatGPT conversations?

Can OpenAI prevent vaccine conspiracy theories from bubbling up in ChatGPT conversations?

Brooke Borel | 
The chatbot has some guardrails in place to curb disinformation, but it’ll be a game of constant catch-up ...
Viewpoint: ‘Using biology to understand criminal behavior has long been controversial. Top criminology programs are pursuing it anyway’

Viewpoint: What role can and should genetics play in understanding which people might become violent and commit crimes — and putting them in jail?

Michael Schulson | 
Using biology to understand criminal behavior has long been controversial. Top criminology programs are pursuing it anyway ...
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