GMOs
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What’s a GMO? Apparently not these magic mushrooms.
A recent ruling could help usher in new crops built to resist insects, disease, and drought.
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These vitamin-fortified bananas might get you thinking differently about GMOs
A controversial effort is underway to fight vitamin A deficiency with engineered bananas.
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A bill to block GMO labeling fails key Senate vote
While this bill was blocked by farm-state Democrats, the battle will likely resume later.
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Senate moves closer to blocking state GMO labeling
The bill would quash a slew of local initiatives, including a labeling law in Vermont which kicks in July 1.
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It’s practically impossible to define “GMOs”
The more you look into it, the more you find that there is no way to sensibly draw a line around a class of foods and say they contain GMOs.
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Climate change will stress plants out. These scientists think they have a solution
It involves a fungal infection.
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Can we cope with climate change by genetically engineering … people?
Don't worry -- it's just a thought experiment. For now.
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Dealing with the rational fear about GMOs and global catastrophe
Nassim Taleb says that GMOs could doom the planet. He’s right. And the same could be said about all agriculture.