Despite massive failures and extensive fraud, people still think some miracle of smaller yields will save the planet Numerous headlines lately described a frightening scenario: during a global pandemic, the food security of Sri Lanka was put at risk, apparently by a neo-Lysenko plan to switch the country to organic…

An industry rife with misinformation, grifting credulous consumers I didn’t expect to be writing a piece today. It’s a long weekend in the US, and I was going to kick back and relax after heading out to Neighborhood Produce to buy some food. But then I thought: other people might…

I know — your first question is: which one this time? There’s a draft in my hopper debunking a wide range of dubious claims about the Pfizer vaccine trials that were made in a piece at the British Medical Journal (BMJ) a while ago. I spent a lot of time…

When they can’t win on the science and in the legitimate journals, they write books and do films to connect their claims with red string and corkboard, evading those pesky peer reviewers It’s been fascinating to watch as people weather the pandemic, coming to grips with the reality that grifting…

This comment has been submitted to the petition for the approval of the chestnut in the APHIS system. But it might take a couple of days for approval, and the comments close this coming Monday, October 19 2020. If you care about this project, comment by then. It does not…

Even an “investigative journalist” can’t tell truth from fiction at the site. How can the general public? Attacks on scientists and doctors are nothing new, and scientists who participate in social media on heated issues like climate, women’s health, vaccines, and GMOs must don asbestos pantsuits and lab coats to…

Some seasonal snark from Team Science to help you usher in the new year By A. S. Hill The Impossible Success of the Impossible Burger One of the biggest stories of 2019 has been the runaway success of the Impossible Burger. From being a niche product last year… now it’s…

Massachusetts politicians are being inundated by misinformers; we need to add voices of support for vaccination requirements When I attended the recent Climate Strike — the one students organized after Greta Thunberg pulled them to action — I was handed a flyer by someone and put it in my pocket…

And how a reporter gave a woman scientist’s information to her top abuser In a small corner of the internet, some scientists and science writers are taking on a topic that gets little attention from the wider public. Despite the fact that food biotechnology plays a crucial part in the…