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Viewpoint: Agribashing and the French media — Paper withdraws ‘fake news’ viral article claiming drinking water contains 200 ‘dangerous’ chemicals

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GLP Podcast: Anti-vax doctor claims COVID vaccines ‘shed’; Abandon milk and meat for the environment?

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Bumblebees threatened by pesticides? Independent German university study finds wild bees ‘relatively resistant’ to even potent chemical cocktails

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Superintelligence, superlongevity and superhappiness: How billionaire transhumanists want to converge humanity and artificial intelligence

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Viewpoint: US childhood vaccination rates are at a 10-year low. Here’s how fringe science views are seeping into the mainstream

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Viewpoint: Why Greek organic-certified produce isn’t necessarily better or healthier than conventional food

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Generation X and evolution illiteracy: 30% or less acknowledge the fact of human evolution, although they do get slightly wiser as they age

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Viewpoint: The organic food industry is a $180 billion marketing fraud

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Personalized Medicine

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Viewpoint: At a time where drought and global instability threaten global food security, gene editing offers solutions to combat pests, pathogens and poor weather

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