Kevin Folta

There are thousands upon thousands of chemicals in food. Should we regulate them all, could we even do it? Gin ...

Alternative health champion Mike Adams has been banned from every social media platform but continues to spread his anti-GMO and ...

Are GM crops unnatural? Can they change your DNA? And does 'Big Ag' own the global food supply? The answer ...

Just-released courtroom drama 'Percy' tells the David vs. Goliath story of a Canadian farmer's battle against Monsanto. Did the film ...

A Greenpeace-funded study alleges that gene-edited crops can be detected and should therefore be regulated as "GMOs." However, experts say ...

An opioid-blocking vaccine could spare many people a lifetime of drug addiction, if and when it's developed. COVID-19 exposed Africa's ...

Elon Musk's company Neuralink recently debuted its brain implant in pigs, pushing us a little closer to integrating humans and ...

Actress Cameron Diaz and fashion entrepreneur Katherine Power are marketing a new brand of "clean" wine using long-debunked claims about ...

Law enforcement agencies keep a watchful eye on environmental groups that have engaged in eco-terrorism, notably Greenpeace and PETA, and ...

A pair of high-profile studies alleges that the health impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals has doubled in five years. Should you ...

Most experts agree that the COVID19 pandemic will not end until a vaccine is available. But traditionally, vaccines take a decade ...

A fearful public accepts conspiracy theories because they offer a sense of control in an uncontrollable situation, says a young ...

Contrary to popular belief, arguing with anti-science activists on social media helps combat the spread of misinformation. Organic food groups ...

CRISPR could enable farmers to produce more beef from fewer cattle, boosting farm sustainability. Lawsuits designed to get pesticides and ...

Europe has suspended some of its oppressive GMO regulations to speed development of a COVID-19 vaccine, drawing accusations of hypocrisy ...

Research validating a homeopathic 'drug' for erectile function was published in a peer-reviewed science journal. Europe's Green Party opposes genetic ...

An ER physician says doctors have to consider biological sex to properly care for their patients. Coffee can send some ...

Some experts are calling for a ban on embryo gene editing after a "disaster" experiment resulted in potentially dangerous and ...

Chemical giant Bayer just settled roughly 95,000 lawsuits alleging its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. Has the company given its anti-GMO ...

Scientists have grown tiny human livers from skin cells and transplanted them into rats, moving us closer to saving thousands ...

Infectious disease experts have blasted the World Health Organization for telling the public that asymptomatic patients rarely spread COVID-19. Pandemics ...

On the five-year anniversary of the Talking Biotech podcast, host and plant geneticist Kevin Folta sits down with former Monsanto ...

Two major studies which found that the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine doesn't treat COVID-19 have been retracted. What does that mean ...

Rapid advances in biotechnology could help prevent hundreds of thousands of diabetes deaths every year. Growing drugs in GMO plants ...

In an effort to keep up with rapidly evolving technology, the USDA has revamped its biotech crop rules, sparking a ...

As clinical trials begin of several candidate coronavirus vaccines, a former FDA scientist says the agency could speed up its ...

While public health officials and policymakers struggle to contain the novel SARS-COV-2 coronavirus, anti-vaccine activists claim the pandemic was orchestrated ...

The only way to truly end the novel coronavirus pandemic is to develop an effective vaccine. And while there are ...