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The radical conservative case for genetic enhancement

Jonathan Anomaly | 
The conclusion of the sexual revolution is about to be written ...
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GLP podcast: GE crops have lived up to the hype; Growing ‘mini’ organs from stem cells; How do we solve right-wing vaccine hesitancy?

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Genetically engineered crops are nearly three decades olds at this point. What impacts have they had on agriculture over those ...
Power of placebo: Here is how the ‘belief effect’ influences our views on nutrition, pain and mental health

Power of placebo: Here is how the ‘belief effect’ influences our views on nutrition, pain and mental health

Hayley Phillip | 
There is a fascinating interplay between the power of belief and its profound impact on our corporeal health and nutrition ...
Curious what chickens cluck about? AI is decoding the language of poultry

Curious what chickens cluck about? AI is decoding the language of poultry

Suresh Neethirajan | 
Understanding chickens' vocalizations can transform our approach to poultry farming, enhancing their welfare and quality of life ...
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GLP podcast: Why some deaf people oppose curing deafness; The dark side of embryo screening; Should states ban lab-grown meat?

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Groundbreaking gene therapies for deafness are coming online, but they're opposed by a surprising group of people—a subset of the ...
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Parents’ Bill of Rights: Vaccine wars heat up in states allowing exemptions for schoolchildren

Amy Maxmen | 
Gayle Borne has fostered more than 300 children in Springfield, Tennessee. She’s cared for kids who have rarely seen a ...
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Global ‘longevity hotspots’: What’s the secret of these blue zones?

Joseph Lillis, Justin Roberts | 
Ageing is an inevitable part of life, which may explain our strong fascination with the quest for longevity. The allure of eternal youth drives a multi-billion ...
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Tales from the front lines in the ‘vaccine wars’: Review of Peter Hotez’s Book, ‘The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science’

Henry Miller, Kathleen Hefferon | 
“If I don’t write this or stand up for vaccines, then who will?” That is what motivates the activism of ...
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Treating tinnitus: FDA approves first device to reduce ear ringing

Chuck Dinerstein | 
Tinnitus is a perceived sound that only you can hear. It might be a ringing, buzz, or tone. It arises ...
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Viewpoint: Do you believe in magic? Many nutritional supplements are impure, ineffective, unsafe — and unregulated. That needs to change

Henry Miller | 
Herbal dietary supplements (also known as nutritional supplements, but correctly called botanicals), once dismissed as hippie fare, are now widely ...
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Genetic embryo screening for health issues and IQ inch closer to reality. Here’s a primer on what you can expect

Barbara Pfeffer Billauer | 
The world of IVF has introduced a host of ethical quandaries. For now, Alabamians will be spared grappling the latest, ...
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Addiction rewires the brain on a genetic level. As we learn more, new avenues for treatment come into focus

Karla Kaun | 
Addictive substances like alcohol and drugs can overwhelm the natural reward pathways in your brain, resulting in reduced impulse control ...
Viewpoint: BPA and phthalate hysteria — Venturing out of its knowledge zone, ‘Consumer Reports’ launches anti-chemical tirade on plastic food packaging

Viewpoint: BPA and phthalate hysteria — Venturing out of its knowledge zone, ‘Consumer Reports’ launches anti-chemical tirade on plastic food packaging

David Zaruk | 
If you want advice on which coffee maker or space heater to buy, Consumer Reports (CR) is where you go ...
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Viewpoint: Does Donald Trump’s authoritarian style and his popularity among ultra-conservative religious leaders echo the rise of Hitler’s Nazi Germany?

Meghan Garrity, Melissa Wilde | 
Each September marks the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s Nuremberg Laws, whose passage in 1935 stripped Jews of their German citizenship and ...
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When in our evolutionary history did we become ‘human’?

Nick Longrich | 
We now know from evolutionary science that humanity has existed in some form or another for around 2 million years ...
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Viewpoint: Weighing the costs of relying on government-reimbursements to address America’s ballooning fat problem

Richard Williams | 
Giving everyone that is overweight or obese access to one of the new diet drugs would increase deficit spending from ...
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Organ shortage and genetic modification: Tissues from 3D-bioprinting and GM pigs could address organ shortages but over-regulation causes lags

Henry Miller, Sally Satel | 
Modern medicine has produced many kinds of high-tech miracles, among them gene therapy to correct malfunctioning genes, electrical stimulation devices to restore ...
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Genetic justice: Polygenic scores and ethnic differences

Jonathan Anomaly | 
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) are powerful tools. They gauge how likely you are to have a given trait based only ...
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Russia’s shadowy disinformation war against the United States and its allies — Here are some of its key targets  

Henry Miller | 
Russia’s decades-old propaganda machine seeks to damage the health and prosperity of the country's adversaries. Ukraine and the United States ...
Viewpoint: Rejecting hysteria — ‘Alarmism’ over phthalates illustrates importance of embracing established risk measures

Viewpoint: Rejecting hysteria — ‘Alarmism’ over phthalates illustrates importance of embracing established risk measures

Sam Moxon | 
In October, in what could turn into a landmark case, a Missouri woman sued cosmetics company L'Oréal, claiming that her ...
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Probiotics are ‘enticing target’ for gene editing — but is CRISPR up for the challenge?

Ricki Lewis | 
Every morning I pop a Pearl probiotic. I try hard not to drop it, for the tiny, slippery yellow sphere ...
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GLP podcast: Neuralink chip in your brain? CNN’s bunk COVID booster headline; Obesity drugs—the long-term effects

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Neuralink has successfully implanted its "brain–computer interface" in a human patient. Elon Musk says the results so far are "promising." ...
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Viewpoint: No, the data do not show that using sex toys release cancer-causing phthalate microplastics into your body

Hank Campbell | 
Microplastics are a kernel of biological concern that gets magnified by hype, like endocrine "disrupting" chemicals or weedkillers detectable in ...
Here’s how your immune system synthesizes its own antiviral drugs in response to infections

Here’s how your immune system synthesizes its own antiviral drugs in response to infections

Neil Marsh | 
Your immune system makes its own antiviral drug—blocking viruses from replicating their RNA is one way antivirals work ...
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Viewpoint: ‘I’m not anti vaccine, I’m pro-vaccine safety’ — Debunking Robert F. Kennedy’s lies about vaccine beliefs

David Gorski | 
CNN host Kasie Hunt interviewed antivax presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Although she did better than most journalists confronting ...
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Viewpoint: Big Tech-Federal government conspiracy or sound science? A government agency just canceled its $30 million dollar study designed to tell us whether cell phones can cause cancer

Geoffrey Kabat | 
Since the introduction of cell phones en masse in the 1990s, a small but vociferous faction of health advocates has ...
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Darwin’s legacy: A popular new guide through the sometimes obtuse world of evolution

C. Brandon Ogbunu | 
The study of Charles Darwin is a useful exercise in the history of science, as it teaches us that the ...
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