For over a decade, Vittoria Brambilla has been trying to improve crops’ quality, yields, and nutritional value. But the botany researcher at the University of Milan feared her studies might never see ...

As the climate changes, genetic engineering will be essential for growing food. But is it creating a race of superweeds? On a languid, damp July morning, I meet weed scientist Aaron Hager outside the ...

After a U.S. Court of Appeals Court decision in October that upheld the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ...

Genetic engineering, also known as genetic modification, is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to ...