New Year’s Resolution: Read More Press Releases
Looking for a New Year’s resolution that won’t trigger any guilt when you fail? Take a little time and read up on the latest research in plant breeding every now and then.
Research
Does Industry Funding for Research Poison the Well?
When a research team included an industry partner, our participants were generally less likely to think the scientists would consider a full range of evidence and listen to different voices. An industry partner also reduced how much participants believed any resulting data would provide meaningful guidance for making decisions.
Anatomy of a USRTK Hit Job
Kevin Folta takes you through, step by step, how the anti-GMO smear machine of US Right to Know works to vault their propaganda and character assassinations into the mainstream press.
On Transparency, Intimidation, and Being Called a Shill
University of Wyoming professor Andrew Kniss addresses the issues of intimidation and chilling effects of the USRTK’s FOIA campaign against researchers active in communicating about biotech in ag.
Another Day, Another Séralini Study
Giles-Eric Séralini has a new paper out. This one is even worse than the ones that came before. Alison Van Eenennaam explains the how and why.
Who Does Fund University Research?
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Who Should Fund University Research?
UC Davis animal genomics and biotechnology specialist Alison Van Eenennaam weighs in on confusion about research funding and industry influence.
Alcoholism Research: A Virus Could Manipulate Neurons to Reduce the Desire to Drink
Guest authors: Yifeng Cheng, Texas A&M University and Jun Wang, Texas A&M University About 17 million adults and more than 850,000 adolescents had some problems […]
Cut pesticide use to boost yields? It’s worked for millions of farmers in Asia and Africa
[This article originally appeared in The Conversation on April 30, 2015 . It is published here under a Creative Commons License] [The FAFDL Facebook thread […]