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Is it true that rubbing olive oil on a knife will lead to 鈥渢earless chopping?鈥

10 Dec 2021

Not having carried out a proper scientific investigation in the kitchen, I can鈥檚 safe for sure, but I would doubt it makes a difference. Let鈥檚 delve into a little onion chemistry which will of...

Firing a Gun at Seeds

26 Oct 2017

Scary pictures circulating online would have you believe that scientists use a syringe to inject DNA into food. Don鈥檛 be silly. They use a gun....

Purple Tomatoes

10 May 2017

Are you ready for purple ketchup? What about purple pizzas? Scientists in Britain have recently developed a new type of genetically modified tomato enriched with anthocyanin, the pigment also found...

Seeds of Hope: GMO eggplants

20 Mar 2017

Why would anyone oppose a technology that dramatically increases crop yields and protects farmers from excessive exposure to pesticides? Because of irrational fears about the technology involved,...

The Difference Between "Mayonnaise" and "Mayo"

20 Mar 2017

If you ask Unilever, producers of 鈥淗ellman鈥檚 Real Mayonnaise鈥, which is the market leader in the 11.3 billion dollar a year global mayonnaise industry, it鈥檚 when the product contains no eggs. The...

There are No Fish Genes in Tomatoes

20 Mar 2017

During a public lecture on genetic modification I described an experiment that involved enriching soybeans with the amino acid methionine. Soybeans are widely used to raise animals but are low in...

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