GLP Weekly: Farmers challenge ‘clueless’ activists to embrace biotech crops; Fighting coronavirus with powerful new genetic tools; and more!

Fighting the coronavirus outbreak with genetic sequencing, CRISPR and synthetic biology Kostas Vavitsas

Viewpoint: Why GMOs? 4 farmers make the case for biotech crops, challenging ‘clueless’ activists to embrace science Luis Ventura

Viewpoint: Unprecedented abundance obscures the ‘profound’ public health benefits of pesticide use Henry Miller

Podcast: Bird poop, pus, and the Manhattan project—the surprising origins of the genetic alphabet Kat Arney

‘Warrior gene’: Some people may be genetically wired for aggressiveness. Should we do anything about it? Patrick Whittle

Viewpoint: It’s time to stop ‘worrying’ whether gene-edited plants and animals are GMOs—and set aside senseless regulations Val Giddings

Party drug ‘ecstasy’ could be the answer to years of searching for a PTSD treatment Kurt Hackbarth

Human-chimp hybrid fossil discovery rewrites human evolutionary history! Uhm, maybe not. Isabelle Winder, Vivien Shaw

How to build a Coronavirus, alcohol doesn't shrink your brain and locusts threaten famine in east Africa Cameron English, Kevin Folta

Building ‘better’ astronauts through genetic engineering could be key to colonizing other planets Cherrie Newman