Kevin Folta

Across social media they celebrated. The electronic victory laps commemorated Bayer’s decision to remove the herbicide Roundup from the residential ...

The Philippines has finally approved Golden Rice, and Greenpeace is doing everything in its power to reverse the decision. A ...

Cassava is a staple for one in ten people on earth, grown mostly by small farmers tending a few acres ...

For all the ills it brought, the COVID-19 pandemic may have helped revolutionize genetic sequencing. Human gene editing is fraught ...

We have two major problems. Vanilla is mostly produced in a narrow set of unstable economies and the supply chains ...

Russia wants to produce allergen-free milk using animal gene editing. How much progress have they made? If you're bored with ...

If a pesticide is banned in Europe, does that make it dangerous? Nope. Typically an excellent source of science commentary, ...

Anti-GMO groups have hitched their wagons to the COVID lab-leak hypothesis to keep their flagging agenda alive. Organic produce is ...

Cell-based breast milk might offer mothers and babies a better alternative to expensive formula in the coming years. Alternative health ...

Mexico seems determined to ban the weedkiller glyphosate and biotech crops, drawing intense opposition from the country's farmers. Twitter bots ...

Many Hollywood celebrities have endorsed the bogus link between vaccines to autism. Looking back, it appears their influence has been ...

The discussion around Twitter bans is hot, mostly with regard to specific accounts that provide dangerous false information. But what ...

European food retailers want food made from CRISPR-edited crops labeled "GMO," which could prevent EU farmers from utilizing gene editing ...

A just-published study found that consuming two or more sugar-sweetened beverages in a day is linked to a doubling of ...

Coffee is nutritious, according to the latest study. Also, coffee is linked to cancer, new research finds. How do we ...

Early in the pandemic, Children's Health Defense—the anti-vaccine group headed by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—alleged that SARS-COV-2 was being used ...

A growing body of research shows that dozens of naturally transgenic plants have existed for millions of years, undermining a ...

[A recent] episode covered Alpha Gal Syndrome, the tick-induced allergy to beef and pork.  The same immunological response could also ...

Despite its long history as a reputable science magazine, National Geographic has recently embraced simplistic narratives about the environmental impact ...

Now that their nemesis Monsanto is no longer a thing, [the Organic Consumers Association and the Center for Food Safety] ...

The mainstream press has viciously criticized COVID conspiracy theorists and vaccine rejection. Yet when it comes to other critical science ...

Anti-GMO groups have long warned about the dangers of AquaBounty's genetically engineered salmon. But as it turns out, transgenic fish ...

All the approved COVID-19 vaccines were developed with the help of genetic engineering. If we rely this technology to end ...

Did you hear about the genetically engineered microbe that almost wiped out all life? It got widespread attention in the ...

For the sake of women's rights and the environment, increasing numbers of men are getting vasectomies. How could this impact ...

The world has experienced a shockingly mild 2020-2021 flu season, defying the expectations of many infectious disease researchers. How is ...

Some fundamentalist Christians allege that COVID vaccines are "the mark of the beast" described in the Biblical book of Revelation ...

Historically a vocal opponent of genetically engineered crops, the Sierra Club has endorsed the release of a disease-resistant, genetically modified ...