Kevin Folta

Are so-called "industrial" seed oils slowly killing us? Probably not. One mom and farmer says other parents shouldn't be scared ...

DNA has been an invaluable tool to make certain matches between a suspect and a crime. Since its early use ...

Here's a great example of how bad reporting and the war on glyphosate play hand-in-hand. I don't know anything about ...

If you've ever publicly communicated enthusiasm for a new product or technology, you inevitably have been accused to being a ...

Scrolling through the news has become a game of “What Great Horror Did Glyphosate Wreak This Week?” And the latest ...

The global consumption and trade of avocados have seen remarkable growth, but commercial challenges exist. A natural enzymatic process in ...

The Toxic Ten are chemicals in your family’s refrigerator and the government does nothing to stop it; it even takes ...

Scientists are encouraged to step into the public conversation around controversial work, especially when that work seems to deliberately misinform, ...

The same technology that yielded COVID-19 vaccines could help protect livestock from deadly diseases, but a growing chorus of skeptics ...

Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) metrics are supposed to help promote sustainable industry, but could they actually undermine efforts to make farming more ...

So-called "clean" cosmetics have become a big business in recent years. But as with food fads like "Non-GMO," clean cosmetics ...

Have we so badly depleted the world's soil that we only have 60 harvests left? No. New "green" pesticides could ...

It's the time of year when Environmental Working Group (EWG) puts out its much-ballyhooed "dirty dozen" list of fruits and ...

Many people have turned to low-carb diets as a way to shed unwanted body fat, but a new study suggests ...

The European Union is all too happy to allow consumers to eat potentially dangerous bug-based food, yet it remains hostile ...

Does dark chocolate reduce your heart disease risk? The FDA says candy companies need to tread lightly when it comes ...

A bottle of perfume used to cost more than $10,000. The price has dropped precipitously thanks to advancements in synthetic ...

Cystic fibrosis is a fatal condition that claims patients at an early age, so why does it persist? Soaring seed ...

Dozens of researchers recently blasted two universities for inviting anti-vaccine, anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva to speak. Why do America's academic ...

If you drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, a growing body of evidence suggests that your genetics may have predisposed you ...

The Genetic Literacy Project is a popular and respected science organization that promotes innovation and research using the cutting-edge tools ...

Are our current farming practices unsustainable? If so, how do we make them sustainable? Academic freedom enables researchers to pursue ...

A new gene-editing technique known as base editing may have helped doctor's cure a young girls "incurable" cancer. Why are ...

After years of delay, a genetically engineered chestnut tree may finally receive USDA approval. Is it headed for a new ...

School lunches might not be the perfect sustenance, I don't know. When I was in school, the institutionalized food was ...

The American chestnut was a dominant tree in many of the forests of the eastern United States. In the early ...

Two scientists. Two prominent institutions. One is a tenured professor running a microbial research laboratory where she investigates mechanisms of antibiotic ...

2022 was a dynamic year for scientific progress. The James Webb space telescope, launched on Christmas day 2021, quickly helped ...