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Activists frequently assert that 'Big Meat' has tried to deny agriculture's contribution to climate change. Is there any truth to ...

GMO grapes exist, so why can't we buy them? Farmers in the Philippines have access to disease-fighting Golden Rice after ...

Plant-based and cell-based meats have been sold as sustainable alternatives to animal products, but are they really as good as ...

The standard story most people know about “GMOs” centers around a handful of commodity crops engineered to withstand exposure to ...

Treating vaccine-hesitant individuals like they are hardcore vaccine "deniers" could backfire as a science-outreach strategy. Can the food you eat ...

Today, many scientific discussions are shot through with social justice rhetoric, and the debate over food security in the developing world ...

Beyond needless loss of life, the war in Ukraine has caused a trade war that could slash global food production, ...

Is there a science-based case for organic farming? One professor says yes, but how compelling are his arguments? Environmental Working ...

A major university recently halted a science outreach event because the invited speakers were white men. Has so-called "cancel culture" ...

North Carolina State University recently cancelled a science-outreach event because the invited speakers have the wrong skin color. It's another ...

A controversial study recently suggested that artificial sweetener consumption may be linked to elevated cancer risk. Have food-safety regulators overlooked ...

Last week, French activist group Extinction Rebellion destroyed 15,000 tons of wheat to prove its anti-GMO bona fides. The grain ...

Misinformation is rampant on social media. The science community has spent most of the last two years trying to slow ...

The war in Ukraine could have long-term impacts on global food prices. Can we prevent this dangerous outcome? A Japanese ...

mRNA technology gave us COVID-19 vaccines. Could it also yield more effective flu vaccines? Yes—maybe as soon as next year ...

Farmers in India are growing illegal GE eggplant in hopes of overturning the country's ban on the insect-resistant crop. Anti-aging ...

The rapid development of mRNA-based COVID vaccines has sparked fresh interest in earlier efforts to produce new and hopefully more ...

A genetically engineered "GloFish" is swimming freely in Brazil's streams. Should we be worried? Despite a popular conspiracy circulating on ...

Loneliness could drastically boost your risk of developing dementia. Genetically engineered tomatoes may be our first line of defense against ...

If you want to show that any chemical is dangerous, here's a three-step process that will consistently yield the desired ...

Can avoiding certain foods reduce your dementia risk? One nutritional psychiatrist seems to think so, but the evidence is much ...

Can traumatic life experiences leave an imprint on our DNA that we pass down to our children? Get ready, because ...

The recent campaign to "cancel" comedian Joe Rogan for promoting COVID misinformation highlights a troubling trend in science communication. High-functioning ...

The results of the USDA's Pesticide Data Program (PDP) for 2020 are in, and they lend themselves to two important ...

Hoping to keep their cause alive in the wake of the pandemic, the anti-GMO movement has glommed on to a ...

As part of the European Union, the UK was a stronghold of anti-GMO opposition. Post-Brexit, however, Britain is changing its ...

Recently I highlighted four disturbing trends in science journalism that are destroying the public's trust in mainstream academic and public health ...

We all crave sugar on occasion, and geneticists say they've found some of the genes that may have driven this ...