Science Facts & Fallacies

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Podcast: FDA’s double standard? Geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam examines why agency defends GE crops but overregulates GE animals

Posted February 3, 2021 • 00:30:49

After more than 30 years of development and regulatory review, AquaBounty's fast-growing, GM salmon is poised to hit US grocery stores in 2021. It's...

Podcast: Glyphosate boosts cancer risk 41%? How a questionable claim from a flawed study went viral

Posted January 27, 2021 • 00:49:57

As a rule, scientific research is relegated to obscure technical journals and goes unnoticed by most people. Every few months, though, an incendiary...

Podcast: GMOs = colonialism? CRISPR-edited eggs; sustainable shoes made from fungi

Posted January 20, 2021 • 00:33:22

Distribution of genetically engineered crops to developing countries proves that "colonialism in science is still alive and well," alleges one Slate...

Podcast: Unreliable COVID tests; Amazon’s creepy Halo health band; Celebrate pesticides?

Posted January 13, 2021 • 00:31:45

How do COVID-19 tests work, and are their results reliable? Recent media reports have raised some concerning questions. Amazon's Halo band, one of the...

Podcast: How do COVID vaccines work? CRISPR kills cancer; Danish study debunks mask mandates?

Posted December 17, 2020 • 00:35:22

The leading COVID-19 vaccines are RNA-based immunizations and the first of their kind. How do they work, and are they safe? CRISPR gene editing kills...