Genetic Literacy Project
By Webmaster, 15 March 2013
Agricultural and human genetics are reshaping farming, food and medicine. The GLP explores the intersection of DNA research, media and policy to disentangle science from ideology
E-licensing improves access to technology
By Webmaster, 5 March 2013
At a time when farmers face more pressures than ever before, e-licensing may help ensure that companies large and small can develop the diverse crop varieties farmers require.
Making knowledge widely available
By Webmaster, 26 March 2012
This website serves to make publications of the Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge freely available.
Bringing light to remote villages
By Webmaster, 6 March 2012
With the aid of a charitable loan to accelerate its roll-out, Eight19 is now in the process of dispersing another 4,000 solar units in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia.
The very real danger of bad journalism
By Webmaster, 23 February 2012
Were you among the thousands who saw the article by Food Writer Ari LeVaux in the Atlantic Monthly on “The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods”? Emily Willingham highlights all the flaws and the deliberately misleading conclusions of the piece. It makes one wonder what happened to the rigorous quality standards of this venerable magazine.
Corrupted Science
By Webmaster, 23 February 2012
A new type of scientists have learned how to make a business from designing flawed experiments that ensure that the outcome serves their sponsors. An article in Forbes Magazine by two food scientists explains how this new type of pseudo science works and how it triggers public fear.
Acceptance of New Technologies
By Webmaster, 11 January 2011
Despite the fact that no GM product has so far been shown to cause any harm to anyone, people in affluent countries tend to have highly negative attitudes towards genetic engineering in agriculture. With the ongoing food crisis and the need for climate change adaptation in developing countries, these negative attitudes are increasingly a problem in efforts to incorporate agricultural biotechnology into a broader effort to enable effective and sustainable change. What can be done about it? (...)
Bottom-up ways to deliver electricity
By Webmaster, 7 September 2010
Local, bottom-up elecricity systems may be more sustainable and produce fewer carbon emissions than centralised schemes especially in under-served areas in developing countries
