Two Top Ex-Google Scientists Have Left A $1 Billion Cancer Startup
The departures come after Grail’s CEO and lead scientist stepped down.
Here’s How A Controversial Study About Kids And Cookies Turned Out To Be Wrong — And Wrong Again
Cornell University professor Brian Wansink claimed that he’d found a way to get kids aged 8 to 11 to choose fruit over junk food. But the research was actually done on toddlers.
This Guy Says He’s The First Person To Attempt Editing His DNA With CRISPR
Biohacker Josiah Zayner is injecting himself with DNA at home. Now he’s providing the instructions and equipment for you to do it, too.
Companies Say They’ll Keep Selling This Controversial Fertility Test
Certain fertility tests often don’t predict whether women in their thirties and up can conceive, despite how they are marketed, a new study suggests. But startups say they’ll continue to sell the tests anyway.
Emails Show How An Ivy League Prof Tried To Do Damage Control For His Bogus Food Science
Brian Wansink of Cornell University publishes headline-friendly studies about food psychology and oversees a $22 million federally funded program that uses his research to promote “smarter lunchrooms” in nearly 30,000 schools. Emails obtained by BuzzFeed News show how he scrambled to spin allegations that dozens of his studies are all just bologna.
Here’s What Happened When A Football Team Decided To Give Out Free DNA Tests
At the Ravens vs. Browns game on Sunday, a biotech startup had planned to hand out tens of thousands of free genetic tests. But the promotion was axed at the last minute after questions from the Maryland health department.
Here's Why People Were Mad When Apple Called Its Stores "Town Squares"
Championing urban, civic values in design — or at least rhetoric — is how the tech industry sells itself to the public.
23andMe Is Mining Your DNA For The Next Big Drug. It Just Raised $250 Million.
The round, led by Sequoia Capital, will help 23andMe reach more new customers and double down on its efforts to develop drugs based on customers' genetic data.
A Science Journal Said That Removing Statues "Risks Whitewashing History"
"Maybe when I tell people that science is systemically racist, they’ll believe me now. This trash is endorsed by a top journal," one scientist said.
Facebook, Apple, Google, And Other Tech Companies Are Mad At Trump's Decision To End DACA
"I am deeply dismayed that 800,000 Americans — including more than 250 of our Apple coworkers — may soon find themselves cast out of the only country they’ve ever called home," wrote Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Goodbye, Juicero, Silicon Valley's Favorite $400 Juicer
The dream has dried up.
Tech Companies Are Signing This Letter In Defense Of DACA
"Dreamers are vital to the future of our companies and our economy. With them, we grow and create jobs."
This Futuristic Doctor’s Office Is Rolling Across The United States
A mobile trailer designed by the startup Forward shows off the future of health care — as envisioned by Google and Uber veterans. It has raised $100 million, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Thousands Of People Protested Hate In Berkeley After A Right-Wing Rally Was Canceled
The protest happened one day after a similar rally was canceled in San Francisco.
Windowed Envelopes Accidentally Revealed That Patients Had HIV
About 12,000 Aetna members received letters about filling their HIV medications — information that was visible through at least some of the envelopes’ windows. “Young adults who have had their parents learn their HIV status this way, it’s been absolutely devastating to them,” the Legal Action Center told BuzzFeed News.
Google Made A Test For Depression
Googling "depression" will now take you closer to a test to help you figure out whether you need help.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Just Got Slammed For Deceptive Advertising
The group Truth in Advertising is asking California regulators to investigate Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness empire for allegedly making health claims without sufficient evidence.
White Supremacists Use DNA Tests To Prove Their Racial Purity Online. But Companies Won't Necessarily Kick Them Off.
The internet is rife with white supremacists sharing their genetic ancestry testing results to prove their racial purity. But 23andMe and other DNA-testing companies will only police racist activity that happens within their walls.
12 Things That Were Happening The Last Time There Was A Total Solar Eclipse In The US
1918 was the last time the US underwent a coast-to-coast solar eclipse. It also marked the end of World War I and the first Tarzan movie.
A Mysterious Anonymous Letter Was Allegedly Behind Target’s Decision To Stop Selling Hampton Creek
A source close to the eggless mayonnaise startup said that a mysterious letter — falsely attributed to Hampton Creek’s CEO — alleged that its products were unsafe and mislabeled.