Senate's AI Roadmap Released
It could have been a lot worse.
Luddism
E.U. Regulators Can't Detect the Gene-Edited Crops They Banned
The difference between two identical genes—one edited and the other a natural mutation—is entirely metaphysical.
Google Launches a Drone Delivery Service in Australia
Get food, coffee, medicine, and golf balls (if your aim is just that bad).
New Research Suggests Solar Geoengineering Could Safely Lower Global Temperatures
We should stop hemming and hawing and try building an emergency backup cooling system for the planet
Life-Saving Golden Rice Finally Gets to Poor Farmers Despite Environmentalist Opposition
Bangladesh announces that it will allow its farmers to plant this genetically improved crop
Rand Paul Fails Parents and Kids of Every Political Persuasion by Offering Weak Support for Vaccines
Paul says benefits outweigh risks, but he unfortunately didn't leave it at that.
Making Malaria Mosquitoes Extinct Using Engineered Gene-Drives
"If my kids lived in Africa, I'd say, 'Go for it as quickly as possible,'" says researcher.
Anti-Vaxxers Responsible for Yet Another Outbreak of Measles
Robert Kennedy Jr. raves that vaccinations cause "ADD, ADHD, speech delay, autism, food allergy, autoimmune diseases."
'Extreme opponents of genetically modified foods know the least but think they know the most'
Title of the Nature Human Behavior article cited above sadly says it all.
Despite Climate Change, There Will Be Enough Food for 10 Billion in 2050
Food security is not the problem, but nutrition security could be.
There's Not Much Truth Found in HBO's Lazy Robot Panic Documentary
If Skynet looms on the horizon, you won't find the evidence here.
Proposed U.N. Test Ban on Gene Drives Is Idiotic
The good news is that anti-technology activists are unlikely to succeed in imposing a global moratorium.
The $289 Million Verdict Against Monsanto Is Scientifically Outrageous
California jurors misled by activist misinformation
Idiots on the European Court of Justice Rule Modern Gene-Edited Crops Must Be Overregulated
"A backward step, not progress"
Victor Frankenstein Is the Real Monster
Mary Shelley's misunderstood masterpiece turns 200.
GMO Opponents Are Immoral, Argues Purdue University President Mitch Daniels
It's past time to tell your anti-GMO friends, family and neighbors they are helping to kill poor people.
GMO Virus Could Save Florida's Orange Groves
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reportedly approve a GMO virus to fight citrus greening disease.
Merchants of Environmentalist Doubt*
Contrary to activist claims, the popular herbicide glyphosate does not cause cancer in people, says a new study.
The Deceptive Art of Confirmation-Biased 'Science': Condemning Glyphosate
With a little conflict of interest thrown in
Save the Robots from the Humans!
We could be on the verge of an all-out war on artificial intelligence technologies.
Canadians Can Eat Genetically Enhanced Salmon; Americans Can't
Because Congress requires the FDA to come up with a "frankenfish" labeling scheme
Crazy Pet Anti-Vaxxers Provoke My Canine Lyme Disease Vaccine Envy
Lyme disease vaccine has been available for dogs since the 1990s; humans may get it next year.
Chelsea Clinton's Lead Trial Balloon
Journalists try desperately to kick-start a political career that has no good reason to exist
Trump Selects Anti-Vaccination Kook Robert Kennedy Jr. to Head Vaccination Safety Commission—Update: Not So Fast?
Kennedy once compared vaccination to the Holocaust*
Climate Intervention Finally Discussed in Latest National Global Change Research Plan Update
Way past time to experiment with geoengineering as an emergency backup plan to cool the planet
An Epidemic of Bad Epidemiology: New at Reason
Getting Risk Right reviewed by Ronald Bailey
No Innovation Without Regulation: 'Safety Experts' Alarmed by Uber's Self-Driving Cars in Pittsburgh
What is not permitted is prohibited
The Nuclear War Over Climate Change
If global warming is a problem, it is idiotic for environmentalists to oppose nuclear power.
FDA Finally Approves 'Friendly' GMO Mosquitoes
Just as Zika virus breaks out in Florida - coincidence?
Vermont GMO Labeling Hits Kosher Foods
The intended consequences of needlessly scaring consumers are bad enough, but now this too.
American Pessimism: Only 6 Percent Think the World Is Getting Better
Over the past century, the prospects and circumstances of most of humanity have spectacularly improved
Senate Passes GMO Labeling Bill: Activists Are Apoplectic!
Preempts labeling requirements in Vermont and other states
100 Nobel Laureates Demand that Greenpeace Stops Killing Poor Children
The scientists denounce Greenpeace's opposition to modern crop biotechnology as a "crime against humanity"
CORRECTION: Gene Drives, the Precautionary Principle, and the National Academy of Sciences
Go slow and let more people suffer and die
Ronald Bailey Argues for Transhumanism at the Washington Post
My fellow Americans should not get to vote on what enhancements I might want
Biotech Crop Safety Scientific Consensus Confirmed by National Academy of Sciences
"No substantiated evidence of a difference in risks to human health between current commercially available genetically engineered (GE) crops and conventionally bred crops"
Glyphosate Not a Cancer Risk, Concludes FAO and WHO Expert Panel
Roundup "unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans"
Is It Ethical to Synthesize an Entire Human Genome? Yes!
Genomes are not "sacred" entities needing some kind of special moral consideration.
Without Herbicides, Food Itself Would Be Impossible*
Or at least about half of corn and soybeans would be impossible
Want a Zika-Free Caribbean Vacation? Grand Cayman Chooses GMO Mosquitoes
Meanwhile FDA bows to anti-biotech activist fears and won't expedite approval of proven technology
Totally Bogus Attack on Glyphosate in Quaker Oats
Anti-GMO activist scaremongering against herbicide glyphosate almost makes Donald Trump look honest
Glyphosate Found in Some Cereals: Alarmists Generate Useless Panic
Another bogus scaremongering study by anti-technology activists
Zika Coming to America: Use GMO Mosquitoes to Fight It!
Blame any zika-caused microencephaly on Friends of the Earth, the Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, and GMO Free USA
Really Stupid Moms Across America Scaremongering About Glyphosate in Wines
Moms: Get a clue-organic wines are carcinogens.
