Biotech questions from a high schooler — and the answers
A ninth-grader in an advanced biology class sent in questions to GMO Answers, and because I am one of the resident experts, they were forwarded to me.
A ninth-grader in an advanced biology class sent in questions to GMO Answers, and because I am one of the resident experts, they were forwarded to me.
By seeding doubt about GMOs from a first-world soapbox, Kavin Senapathy is doing a disservice to the same at-risk populations she professes to cherish.
Miraculin is a protein found in the Miracle Fruit. This tropical species has a curious attribute — it can (temporarily) invert intense sour to delectable sweet. And it’s calorie free.
Thanksgiving is a powder keg — jetlagged, hangry family members, cramped quarters, and spirited political debates with Uncle Bob palpably elevate the tension. You pray he succumbs to the post-gorge turkey coma (PSA: tryptophan doesn’t induce sleepiness) before going on a circular rant in your general direction. It’s the same predictable formula every year (at […]
Kiss the Ground is a documentary with infodemic tendencies — style over substance, with some “factoids” made to go viral with no critical analysis.
Agriculturalists often don’t have a problem reconciling science with faith — the sum being seen as greater than their individual parts.
Whatever the crop, plant breeders — using classical or molecular approaches — have never been timelier for food, economic, and environmental security.
In an era where information is a hot commodity, does the open-source model have a future in agriculture, or is it a flirtation destined to fail?
The SECURE (Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient) Rule, is the first meaningful evolution of biotechnology rules in decades.
The pollution improvement we’ve seen during the quarantine indicate just how misplaced the Green New Deal’s anti-agriculture efforts were.