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Farmers know switch to organic means lower yields, but expect price premium to make up for losses
For decades, the conventional wisdom surrounding organic farming has been that it produces crops that are healthier and better for ...
Is one genetic mutation responsible for human endurance?
Studies suggest that a mutation caused humans to lose function of the CMAH gene two to three million years ago—around ...
How CRISPR is speeding up animal research
Fifteen years ago or so, when Helen Sang, a geneticist at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, and her colleagues wanted to ...
Estonia becomes first nation to provide state-sponsored DNA testing
Estonia, a former Soviet territory nestled in the Baltic region between Latvia and Russia, has become the first nation to ...
NASA Twins Study finds thousands of epigenetic changes in astronaut Scott Kelly
When astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth after a year floating about the International Space Station, he was noticeably different from his ...
Could MRI brain scans prove you’re innocent?
Lie detection using a functional MRI machine, which measures and creates an image of brain activity, is a topic of ...
Could artificial intelligence, machine learning help detect sepsis early?
Driven by the nation’s aging population, the rise of drug-resistant bacteria, and the growth of medical interventions, sepsis has become ...
Invisible threat: Zika virus may spread through sex without showing symptoms
Despite ongoing research, much about the [Zika] virus remains a mystery, including many details of how it spreads. Mosquitoes are ...
Mosquitoes evolving resistance to nets designed to quash spread of malaria
In the last ten years or so, more than a billion insecticide-treated bed nets have been distributed across the world ...
Friendly foxes? What domesticating this ‘incorrigibly wild’ animal tells us about domestication of dogs
Cultures across the globe consider foxes to be incorrigibly wild. In both ancient fables and big-budget movies, these fluffy mammals ...
DNA tests helping descendants of slavery confront history of injustice against blacks
In 2002, descendants of African slaves filed a historic class-action lawsuit...demanding reparations from...companies that had benefited from their predecessors. Reparations ...
How large-scale farms using pesticides can be more sustainable than organic farming
Editor’s Note: In her new book “Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland,” . . . Miriam Horn [tells]. . . the story ...
Which is riskier–Pesticides or chemical free, disease free CRISPR gene-edited crops?
Ultimately, whether we use CRISPR in agriculture comes down to a handful of questions: Which is better, controlling plant diseases ...
Many environmentalists dismiss best way to reduce pesticide use– GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. But what really catalyzed [Walter ...
Is our understanding of genetics approaching historic turning point?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. JUDY WOODRUFF: It seems ...
Psychology isn’t the only science with reproducibility problem
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A large collaborative science ...
Video: Why we love eating ‘killer’ pesticides in our food
In this PBS video as part of the "It’s Okay to Be Smart" series, Joe Hanson explains that the most ...
Designer gut bacteria could help fight stomach diseases in the future
Biologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a genetically modified version of a common bacteria found in the ...
Designer bacteria can make your gut healthy, and your poop glow
Biologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a genetically modified version of a common bacteria found in the ...
Humans evolved across Africa and hybridized creating diversity
Homo sapiens appeared on the African landscape some 200,000 years ago. While scientists have long imagined eastern Africa as a ...
Video: GMO opponents sue to block new Enlist Duo GMO corn and soybeans
Millions of acres of farmland in the U.S. have been affected by herbicide-resistant weeds. And the problem is spreading, which ...
PBS’s John Hockenberry challenges Vandana Shiva on GMO misstatements
The Takeaway host John Hockenberry interviews anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva on Monsanto, Bt cotton and global trade, pesticide use, farmer ...
Biohackers turning mushrooms into furniture show promise, concerns about synthetic biology
How do you transform mushrooms into furniture, or re-wire algae to conduct electricity? Biohacking, the practice of rewiring the biology ...
PBS video: Golden Rice faces challenges in Phillipines
Vitamin A deficiency is a deadly threat to kids and pregnant mothers in the Third World. In the Philippines, the ...
Fungi genes may be key to higher crop yields
Ian Sanders wants to feed the world. A soft-spoken Brit, Sanders studies fungus genetics in a lab at the University ...
Air pollution may trigger autism in the genetically predisposed
New research from the University of Southern California shows air pollution increases the risk for autism among those who carry ...
GMOs may feed the world using fewer pesticides
Walter De Jong shouts over the roar of fans in the greenhouse. He’s telling me about the seedlings beside him, ...
