GLP Weekly: Are we facing ‘Insect Apocalypse’ caused by ‘industrial’ farming?; Fighting cancer with genetically engineered bacteria; and more!

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Fighting cancer by boosting the body’s immune system with genetically engineered bacteria Kostas Vavitsas Are we facing an ‘Insect Apocalypse’ caused by ‘intensive, industrial’ farming and agricultural chemicals? The media say yes; Science says ‘no’ Jon Entine Viewpoint: Stanford epidemiologist John Ioannidis’ COVID-19 controversy illustrates the politicization of science Jeanne Lenzer, Shannon Brownlee How GMO, gene-edited crops can keep cancer-causing heavy metals out of staple foods Dibakar Das Viewpoint: Why the world needs GMOs—4 farmers make the case for biotech crops Luis Ventura Lefty or righty? Is handedness genes or chance? Tabitha Powledge USDA relaxed its GMO, gene-edited crop rules—but not enough to foster biotech innovation Emma Kovak Video: How can we figure out the real fatality rate of COVID-19 and how lethal it is? Wessam Atif Podcast: Retracted hydroxychloroquine-COVID studies backlash; Obesity cancer drugs? ‘Unbiased’ Guardian takes animal rights money Cameron English, Kevin Folta It started with rocks: How we developed belief, our ‘most creative and destructive’ ability Agustín Fuentes