Genetic Literacy Project

In the competitive food marketplace, fear-based marketing continues to be a go-to strategy for some food companies trying to differentiate ...

Clickbait headlines often obscure this reality and reinforce misunderstandings. For example, cancer is not a single disease; it’s a catchall ...

Science communications is not an easy task. You have to be comprehensive and concise, simplifying the message while not dumbing ...

Fossil fuels, pesticides and food processing have dramatically improved living standards around the globe. This may be a controversial claim, ...

Umpiring in sport is a strange profession. A cricket umpire stands for hours under the sun, matching the stamina of ...

The political momentum behind costly climate-change mitigation appears to be weakening, especially in the United States. President Donald Trump has ...

They are newborns, many of them less than two weeks old, and the race to save them is measured in ...

Every day, the same post appears in two places at once. A Facebook user in Munich sees it with a ...

In July 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a pilot program intended to expedite reviews for drug ...

When United States Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled new dietary guidelines earlier this year to “Make America Healthy ...

For decades, nutrition advice on carbohydrate-rich foods has offered a simple way to enjoy carbs guilt-free: no need to give ...

Eman, our informally adopted son who is a physician in Monrovia, Liberia, is recovering from the measles. He contracted it ...

With illicit opioids still killing thousands of Americans each year, some public health advocates are pushing a radical solution to ...

Here we go again. The rather tiresome Activist Playbook is being applied again, this time not to pesticides, plastics, fossil ...

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary recently stated that when it comes to drugs that currently require a ...

I was saddened to hear of Craig Venter’s passing at the age of 79 on April 30, 2026. Often portrayed ...

Public opinion driven by fear has immense influence in our society, especially when it comes to science and health topics ...

I thought it might be a good idea to try to examine the underlying reasons why so many scientists and ...

We’ve done a lot of debunks. After a while, they start to blur together because the formula is almost always ...

Two words used to scare people are impossible to avoid: synthetic and its younger cousin, ultra-processed. They’re everywhere—on supermarket shelves, ...

After a grueling year of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation to treat breast cancer, Sadia Zapp was anxious — not the ...

Ever notice how the environmental movement’s doomsday predictions arrive like clockwork, each one as urgent as the last? Mass starvation, ...

For decades, farmers have relied on glyphosate — the active ingredient in Roundup and the most widely used herbicide in ...

The MAHA agenda had a bit of a wake-up call following the EPA’s approval of the herbicide dicamba. I think ...

If you spend any time on social media, you may have noticed a curious trend: wellness influencers singing the praises ...

To solve big problems and navigate a chaotic world, we first need a clear, shared understanding of the facts. Today, ...

Once again, raw milk is everywhere: in Instagram reels, wellness podcasts, farmer-to-consumer marketplaces, and even policy debates. It’s being framed ...

Marc Ernstoff, a physician who has pioneered immunotherapy research and treatments for cancer patients, said his work as a federal ...