Kevin Folta

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire kindle iconic imagery of the season. However, the American chestnut (Castenea dentata) that once ...

Are you ready to eat insects? Some scientists say it's time we get more protein from bugs and less from ...

Do you want to clone your pet? There are companies that will do it for you—if you have a half-million ...

Believe it or not, scientists are exploiting venom from snakes, snails and other poisonous critters to make life-saving medicines. Could ...

Indoor air contains a variety of harmful compounds.  We invite many of these compounds into our homes in electronics, and ...

Using body mass index (BMI) to assess a patient's health may yield misleading results and undermine public trust in medicine, ...

The New York Times last week alleged that a high-profile scientist is in cahoots with the meat industry. Is there ...

Air pollution harms our health in many ways; does it also encourage obesity? Farmers in India have access to two ...

Ten years ago the biotech world froze and horrific images of three tumor-ridden rats penetrated the media. Social media erupted ...

So-called "regenerative" farming is gaining traction as a method of sustainable food production. Does it live up to the hype ...

Reporters continue to exaggerate the results of low-quality nutrition studies. Their desire to attract readers with dramatic headlines may be ...

Anthocyanins are a class of plant pigments associated with healthful qualities in food. While research continues to assess their true ...

What happens when an online information resource leans into clickbait? It’s annoying but generally harmless entertainment. When it’s a resource ...

Science Facts and Fallacies host Cameron English recently appeared on the Dr. Phil show to tackle an incendiary question: Has ...

Should we be skeptical of GMO safety studies funded by biotech companies? Major food makers including Pepsi and Nestle have ...

A new gene-editing technique may be safer and more reliable than CRISPR-Cas9, according to a recent study ...

President Biden just signed an executive order promising substantial investment in the "bioeconomy." What impact will the proposal have on ...

Keeping the microbes living in your gut healthy is important to your overall well-being, and recent research suggests that regular ...

Amazing innovations in animal gene editing have the promise to streamline agriculture, with benefits for agricultural producers, consumers and the ...

Does the weedkiller glyphosate cause convulsions? A study published last week seemed to support that conclusion, but there's much more ...

Is it time to give up low-dose aspirin as a heart-attack prevention tool? New evidence suggests that the risks may ...

The Non-GMO Project recently endorsed seedless watermelon on Twitter, thereby giving an accidental thumbs up to many other genetically engineered ...

Should agricultural scientists take research funding from corporations? A pair of studies suggests that a 'lab-leak' origin for SARS-CoV-2 looks ...

Shocking accounts of health dangers selectively presented from peer-reviewed science articles regularly invade Twitter. It’s the stock-in-trade of technology rejectionists ...

Organic activist groups led Sri Lanka's economy over a cliff by pushing a ban on pesticides and fertilizers. Will they ...

CRISPR gene editing has already proved to be a useful biomedical tool, but a recent study indicates it may damage ...

The Biden Administration just overruled its own scientists at the EPA, mandating regulations that effectively ban the low-risk, effective weedkiller ...

There's probably minute quantities of weedkiller in your urine. Should you panic? No. Will technological advances in farming reduce or ...