Not all chemicals are equal, and neither are all pesticides. As in most areas, many people are misinformed by vague polarizing texts that frequently talk about “toxic” chemicals without stating the dose. There are things you need to know about pesticides, and I did my
Ever wonder how your food would be without any human intervention over the course of agriculture history? For thousands of years, farmers have manipulated their crops to get the best yields and have resulted in many of the produce you see today. Also, it’s
What Ismael Nazario learned in prison is unfortunately not as shocking as it should be: US prisons are overcrowded, routinely put minors into solitary confinement that arguably makes them more anti-social, are run for profit (leading to a positive feedback loop of harder sentences for
So, I think we’ve all seen this type of image from anti-GMO activists: The irony is that this is so completely divorced from what one actually does to modify a tomato, or indeed any plant, that it only serves to polarize. Also, it allows
There are a lot of completely unfounded essentially fantasy conspiracy theories. That said there are of course real conspiracies, especially in the dimensions of personal interest. This article proposes 8 interesting conspiracy theories. Some may hold little kernels of truth, and others are simply
Recently, 300 people occupied the meeting of the Brazil National Biosafety Technical Commission (CTNBio) in Brasilia, which was convening to discuss the release of three new varieties of transgenic plants in Brazil including a request by FuturaGene to legalize their genetically engineered eucalyptus trees.
Yes, you read that right: the newest form of pest control relies on no chemicals, no spraying, no inserted proteins, and no risk for species we aren’t trying to target. This new method uses what’s called “RNA interference,” which is when double-stranded RNA is
The short answer is, according to the most recent research: what they think men find attractive. The research only included heterosexual women, which is why the word is “men,” but can be easily taken to mean prospective partners. The research by Andrea Meltzer and
This dress went viral, internationally, with everyone from BusinessInsider to CNN to SpiegelOnline covering this. It blew up beyond understandable proportions on social media, and was a major topic of discussion at a house party I visited last night in Germany. To sum it
I actually thought this was pretty common knowledge, until I googled this headline trying to find mainstream discussion of it. Although it is covered well on Wikipedia, and there is a single article at the New York Times, very few news sources seem to
