This consensus report examines a range of questions and opinions about the economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other effects of genetically engineered (GE) crops and food. Claims and research that ...

Genetically engineering tobacco plants could enable a more sustainable production method for psychedelic drugs, which are ...

Using genes from fireflies and luminous fungi, scientists have created plants that glow in the dark. View on euronews ...

Biotechnology used in agricultural science greatly affects our lives — from nurturing our bodies and feeding our families to mitigating the effects of climate change. Just one handful of healthy soil ...

Have you ever wondered where our agricultural crops come from? And what were they like thousands of years ago, or hundreds of years ago? Our food crops today are in fact very different from the ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield are investigating how plants can accelerate their own evolution through a process of "natural genetic engineering." This groundbreaking research will focus ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series on genetically engineered crops. Part two, ...

RIPE Project/Claire Benjamin (photographer), licensed under CC BY 4.0. It seems imperative, then, that we better understand ...