A farmer and his son inspect their harvest in Uganda. Could they benefit from genetically modified food crops? (CNS file photo). Two months ago, as the Pontifical Academy for Sciences was preparing ...

Unlike their predecessors, early 21st century missionaries do not come armed with bibles. They come as members of a scientific priesthood, spouting slick PR and are supported by the likes of Bill ...

In his recent piece for The Times newspaper in the UK, Viscount Matt Ridley argues that a new report from the American National Academies of Sciences (NAS) leaves no room for doubt that genetically ...