GMOs
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How microbes can make plastic from sunshine, carbon, and a little bit of love
Plastic is an amazing part of our modern world, but it comes with a lot of downsides -- so scientists are using synthetic biology to make it better.
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Want to know why U.S. tomatoes suck? Because we don’t care about flavor
The cost of being a thrifty grocery shopper: crappy tomatoes.
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Someone accidentally ate a GMO lamb with jellyfish DNA — and nothing happened
It sounds like a setup to a horror movie: A genetically modified glow-in-the-dark lamb was unintentionally sold to a slaughterhouse. But really, NBD.
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Scientists may have found a way to eliminate antibiotic-resistant infections
New gene-editing technologies may take down antibiotic-resistant bacteria once and for all.
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The latest in GMO panic: Human engineering
We have some good and some bad reasons for worrying about GMOs — especially when they’re us.
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So Roundup “probably” causes cancer. This means what, exactly?
The WHO's new classification of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, puts it in the company of night shifts and wood smoke as a carcinogen. Sunshine is worse.
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GMO potatoes: Is the biodiversity shortcut worth it?
The Irish potato famine should have taught the food and farming world that crop diversity is crucial. But the genetically engineered potato on trial in Ireland suggests that we haven't actually learned much.
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GMO sugar beets get the green light
Last week, the USDA fully deregulated herbicide resistant sugar beets. And while the shift isn't a surprise to most advocates, it does hint at larger problems within the system.
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Vandana Shiva talks with Bill Moyers about the food system [VIDEO]
In this interview clip, scientist and philosopher Vandana Shiva recommends asking oneself daily: "Where am I complicit in the war against the earth?"