Overstating results, eLife, and “distributed viruses”Ed Yong, a journalist who other scientists usually regard highly, just published a story “A New Discovery Upends What We Know About…Mar 16, 2019Mar 16, 2019
Why Are We Ignoring the Scientific Evidence Telling Us GM Crops Are Safe for Humans?According to science, GM crops are safe. Due to the intense debate about these crops and regulatory measures in North America and Europe…Dec 19, 20181Dec 19, 20181
Do GM Crops Have Different Health Consequences Than Crops Generated by Selective Breeding?No, they don’t. The key message when thinking about GMO safety is that the nutritional properties of a plant depend on what genes a plant…Dec 19, 20181Dec 19, 20181
Are Herbicides Used on GMO Plants, and If So, Are They Dangerous?Many GM plants use different herbicides than conventional crops. Most cultivated GM plants are designed to be used with an herbicide…Dec 19, 20181Dec 19, 20181
The first CRISPRed babies are here, what's next?Why were we caught unawares, and why we need a long-term project to edit the human germlineNov 30, 20181Nov 30, 20181
Why systems biology needs empiricismSo this post is mainly a response to this excellent piece by Dr. Arjun Raj. This isn’t exactly a rebuttal (despite what the title says)…Aug 24, 20185Aug 24, 20185
Science first, scientists laterHow and why we should get rid of author lists in scientific publicationsSep 21, 20177Sep 21, 20177
Why scientific conferences should leave the US in 2017It’s been three days now since the current US administration issued its new, far-reaching immigration controls. Among the first hit were…Jan 30, 2017Jan 30, 2017
