GMO

Recent Russian clandestine attempts to use “authentic” U.S.

Thought experiment: Imagine you’re waiting in the exam room for your annual physical to begin when your doctor walks in with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth.

Their eyes tell their sad stories as ghostly white irises give way to vacant stares. We can look at them, but they can’t look back at us.

Humans have practiced genetic modification, or genetic engineering (GE), of plants and animals through selection and breeding for more than 10,000 years. It’s called agriculture.

Humans have practiced genetic modification, or genetic engineering (GE), of plants and animals through selection and breeding for more than 10,000 years. It’s called agriculture.

During the COVID pandemic, federal officials pressured social media platforms to censor information they deemed a threat to public health.

I began by explaining the role of nitrogen in plant growth, especially the clever partnership legumes like peas and soybeans have with nitrogen-fixing bacteria called Rhizobia.

During my lifetime, there have been several seminal breakthroughs in medicine that greatly changed our ability to prevent or treat disease. Part 1, below, describes several of them. I have a good idea of what some of the next ones will be.

Once a trusted institution that disseminated science-based guidance to pediatricians and parents, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has devolved into an activist group that parrots agitprop from NGOs like Greenpeace.

Genetically enhanced (GE) crops, pesticides, and fertilizers have fueled an explosion in food production over the last six decades.