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Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker propose phased in ‘factory farming’ ban to clamp down on ‘Big Ag’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced [May 7] that she would be co-sponsoring Sen. Cory Booker's bill to phase out large-scale factory ...
Plant-based beef ingredients from China may hurt Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat sales
While America's biggest beef and pork producers were nearly laid low in April by COVID-19 cases in their workforce, sales ...
Human trials underway on 2 coronavirus vaccines in China
China has started clinical trials on two potential COVID-19 vaccines, the country's official state-run press agency reported citing the State ...
Starbucks to launch plant-based breakfast sandwich as part of ‘environmentally friendly’ menu
Starbucks announced it will become the latest food chain to introduce a plant-based breakfast patty for its customers in the ...
Plant-based burgers are wildly popular. Are any of them vegan?
.... [W]ith a range of new "plant-based" meat options entering fast-food restaurants like Burger King, Denny's and Dunkin Donuts, which ...
Why did sex evolve? It may protect against rare cancers, researchers suggest
In an essay published in the journal PLOS Biology, scientists presented a theory which they say could answer a 50-year ...
Viewpoint: GMO trees could save America’s ‘decimated’ citrus industry from bacterial ‘plague’
Farmers in the major U.S. citrus-producing regions—Florida, California, Texas and Arizona, in particular—are facing a plague of epic proportions. Oranges ...
Some wild bee populations are declining. What can we do about it?
In recent years, a significant amount of attention has been paid to the numerous threats that are facing the honeybee ...
‘It’s not too late’: The quest to reverse autism at any age
[T]he average age of diagnosis for a child with autism is over four years. Because of late diagnoses, many of ...
Could propensity for drug addiction be linked to an ancient virus in some people’s genes?
Drug addicts are more likely to carry an ancient virus which could affect the production of dopamine than the rest ...
Most people don’t know if they have cancer-causing BRCA mutation, study says
Most people who carry genes that raise their risk of developing certain forms of cancer are unaware of it, according to ...
‘Incredibly rare’ extinct Siberian horse to be cloned
Scientists recently extracted an almost perfectly preserved prehistoric baby horse from the permafrost of Siberia’s “Mouth of Hell” crater in Yakutia. At ...
Olympic genes? China will use genetic tests to help choose its athletes
Chinese athletes aiming to represent their country in the 2022 Winter Olympics will undergo genetic testing as part of the ...
Why cancer research should focus more on African genomes
In the past, African patients have had poor access to medical advances, even as scientists use them as research subjects ...
Can we treat autism with CRISPR gene editing?
Scientists have figured how to use a form of the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR to erase genetic traits normally associated ...
‘De-extinction’ could revive vanished Tasmanian tiger—or something close to it
With the stripes of a tiger, the body shape of a dog and the pouch of a kangaroo, the Australian ...
Walking upright emerged long before modern humans
The question of whether our early ancestors walked fully upright or in a crouched position, like apes, has long been ...
Viewpoint: EWG’s Dirty Dozen foods and pesticides list scares people away from healthy eating
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) on [April 10] released its 2018 “Dirty Dozen” list to showcase the top pesticide-riddled fruits and vegetables. But some argue ...
Direct-to-consumer genetic test results 40 percent wrong in small study
At-home DNA tests are “not intended for medical use,” meaning that the data they give you shouldn’t be used as ...
Kosher pork? Meat from cloned pigs and lab-grown meat are Kosher, prominent Israeli rabbi says
Prominent Israeli Rabbi Yuval Cherlow says meat from a cloned pig would be considered kosher under Jewish dietary laws. Cherlow, ...
Study of 54,000 farmers finding no glyphosate-cancer link could sink Monsanto lawsuit
More than 300 lawsuits have been filed on behalf of farmers and others who said that Monsanto's popular weed killer, Roundup, gave them ...
Do humans and apes share ‘universal body language’?
Now, new research published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology has shown that chimps and bonobos may be able to understand each ...
Will evolution protect humans from alcoholism?
Humans may be evolving a genetic variant that would make them physically unable to consume large amounts of alcohol, new research suggests ...
Should we be treating autism with marijuana?
4-year-old Benjamin is repeatedly smashing his head against the wall. He spins wildly in circles, screeching at full volume. … ...
Speech mystery: Language relies on brain pathways that predate human beings
New research has identified the brain systems involved in language learning and discovered that these systems pre-date the human species ...
Viewpoint: Russia Today’s ‘fake news’ about GMOs is a strategic attack by Putin on US science and technology
On Sunday [Jan. 7], CBS’s 60 Minutes ran a segment on the propaganda role of Russian news network RT, or ...
We still don’t know how anesthesia works—but we’re one step closer to figuring it out
If you’re planning to have major surgery soon, you might not want to read this next sentence. Scientists don’t actually ...
Halitosis: The genetic basis of bad breath
Most people would tell you that bad breath is brought on by a combination of bad luck and garlic. According ...
