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Human
Tabitha M. Powledge | Genetic Literacy Project
Genes underlie our ability to exercise, but for some, genes also appear to contribute to the irresistible urge to stay in place. This was evident in a large study of middle-aged twins published last fall.
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Agriculture
Jon Entine | Genetic Literacy Project
Wonder how, when an anti-GMO initiative is launched, so many activist sites carry the same coordinated message? Meet Henry Rowlands, founder of Sustainable Pulse and the almost unknown cyber grand master behind the propaganda efforts of French scientist Gilles-Eric S�ralini and other scientists promoting the alleged dangers of GMOs.
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Meredith Knight | Genetic Literacy Project
Non-invasive prenatal testing offers benefits to the developing world. But without regulation and policy guidance, it's difficult to know how it will affect sex selective abortion and prenatal care discrepancies between rich and poor.
Meredith Knight | Genetic Literacy Project
A new computer technology allows potential parents to genetically screen sperm and egg donors for more than 600 conditions and pick a match based on the results. This makes sense for life-threatening genetic diseases, but what about intelligence and beauty?
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XiaoZhi Lim | Genetic Literacy Project
Hate buying a packaged fresh salad for later in the week only to pull it from your refrigerator and find it soggy and spoiled? Genetics can help, and also have a big impact on food waste.
Tina Rosenberg | New York Times
African governments need to invest in agricultural infrastructure and technology, and create a new Green Revolution for Africa.
XiaoZhi Lim | Genetic Literacy Project
Industry groups described Rep. Mike Pompeo's Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2014 as "science-based" while anti-GMO activists play up sense of conspiracy around the bill.
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We now know that in part Lamarck was right: Our environment can alter our genes. In this probing look, GLP contributor Ben Locwin explores other biological factors influence that until recently most scientists had assumed were exclusively the province of our DNA.
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A new animated video sheds light on the jittery, jumbled inner lives of our cells. Carl Zimmer at the New York Times walks us through. It's not just an impressive feat of visualization, it can help us better understand how much three-dimensional shape matters for our cellular machinery.
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