How Colossal Biosciences’ CEO Ben Lamm keeps the hype cycle going. By Jonathan Matthews In our first article in this series, ...

Now that much of the research finding glyphosate poses no cancer risk has been undermined, it is especially outrageous that ...

A deal was reached on the new GMOs (NGT, "new genomic techniques") deregulation file in the "trilogue" discussion between the EU Parliament, Council of the EU, and Commission last night. It's a ...

The deal undermines the vital “precautionary principle”, under which GMOs have been subject to comprehensive risk assessment, both to protect consumers and the environment. It also gives up Parliament ...

Covert PR operations involving the secret profiling of over 3,000 people and organisations considered “critics” of the pesticide industry recently made headlines around the world. The secret profiles, ...

The Battle for African Agriculture is a podcast hosted by Dr Million Belay, General Coordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA). The series exposes the enduring legacies of ...

In a victory for public health and the environment, the British biotech firm Oxitec and CSIRO have withdrawn their application to commercially release millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes ...

After years of being detected at alarming levels, the pesticide glyphosate is being found at lower levels, on average, in cereal and other oat-based products that children and adults enjoy, according ...

Gene editing is a genetic modification procedure that (most often) begins with the creation of a break across the double strands of the DNA at a particular targeted location in the genome. The ...

Recently we reported on research showing that glyphosate residues in poultry manure-based fertiliser used by gardeners and organic and conventional growers can ruin yields of tomatoes and other ...

One-third of the US’s total annual pesticide use attributed to no- and minimum-till GM corn and soy. Report: Claire Robinson A widespread narrative holds that tillage (ploughing) can increase ...

An article in the Journal of Medical Entomology critically reflects on the hype surrounding gene drive technologies, a novel self-spreading form of genetic modification that is designed to engineer ...