genetically-modified
The EU Remains at Odds with Its Members Over the Safety of GM Food
The great GMO debate rages on as the EU shuts down draft legislature that would allow individual European nations to ban the use of GM food or animal feed.
A Harvard Professor Says "Starving Africa" Cliches Are Being Used to Promote GM Foods
Sheila Jasanoff, a professor at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government recently argued that clichés of a “Starving Africa” are being used to push genetically modified foods as a cure for malnutrition.
Even If GMO Foods Were Labeled, That Might Not Stop Us from Buying Them
Although many people argue that they want GMO foods labeled, that might not stop them from filling their shopping carts with those products.
A Lamb-Jellyfish Hybrid Lab Animal Was Accidentally Sold for Meat in Paris
Oops, a French research lab accidentally sold a lamb with glow-in-the-dark jellyfish genes to a slaughterhouse and it was then sold and eaten. Sorry, guys.
Giant Paper Creatures Cut Down the Food Industry
A papercraft critique comes into full-view in Zim & Zou’s paper-sculpture installation for Milan Expo 2015.
Artist Plans To Create Literal Tree Of Knowledge By Injecting Wikipedia DNA Into Apple Tree
He's creating a literal tree of knowledge.
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Will Guard the World Cup Against Dengue
The future of public health is here at last, and it’s just in time for the world's biggest sporting event.
The $1 Billion Lawsuit Over Who Owns a Soybean
In 1980, the US Supreme Court ruled that individuals and corporations could patent living organisms. Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, a microbiologist working for General Electric, had genetically modified a bacterium to break down crude oil, and GE wanted...
Genetically Modified Spider Silk-Producing Worms Will Destroy Us All
The hot news in the insect world today is that University of Wyoming researchers are trying to genetically modify silkworms to spin spider silk, which is pound-for-pound stronger than steel. Unlike the silk that silkworms normally spin, which is...