Author: Olivia Williams

In America, it’s impossible to have a conversation about our food and where it comes from without talking about genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Selective breeding–where organisms with desired traits are bred together to amplify those traits–is technically a type of genetic modification, but GMOs usually refer to cases where the desired genes are removed from […]

Much of the public was appalled to hear that an iceberg approximately the size of Delaware had broken free from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf this July. News outlets hailed this as evidence of humanity’s irreparable impact on the environment—a sudden and apocalyptic warning which some claimed would lead to immediately measurable sea rise. However, […]