Jon Entine

Jon Entine, executive director of the Genetic Literacy Project, is a senior fellow at the Center for Health & Risk Communication and STATS (Statistical Assessment Service) at George Mason University.

Science
Aug. 7 2013 2:45 PMNo, You Shouldn’t Fear GMO CornHow Elle botched a story about genetically modified food.Jon Entine
Science
Dec. 21 2012 2:03 PMWhite House Ends Its Interference in a Scientific ReviewLeaks suggest politics blocked genetically modified salmon. Now the fish is on its way to approval.Jon Entine
The Slatest
Dec. 21 2012 2:04 PMWhite House Stops Interfering in Approval of GM SalmonJon Entine
  News & Politics
Politics
Jan. 25 2015 10:19 PM Best in Show Wisconsin’s Scott Walker outshines the competition in Iowa. John Dickerson
Democrats Assumed They Could Embarrass the GOP With Climate Science. Democrats Were Wrong.
Republican Presidential Hopefuls Are Trying to Unlock the Secret of Winning in Iowa
Did the Charlie Hebdo Murders Really Represent Something New?
The Kentucky Senator Who Beat Mitch McConnell at His Own Game
The Seven Types of Cybercriminals
#MuckReads: Bad Science, Crazy Mining Laws, and Other Horror Stories
  Business
Moneybox
Jan. 23 2015 7:41 PM I Was a Flight Attendant, and I Also Thought SkyMall Was Incredibly Weird Jeff Friedrich
Uber Study Finds Driving for Uber Is Great. Uber Study Is Flawed.
Can This One Weird Trick Save Europe’s Economy?
Delta Way Oversold Two Flights of People Heading to the Sundance Film Festival
Kids’ Birthday Parties Have Become Absurdly Extravagant. Here’s How We Let It Happen.
Uber Raises Another $1.6 Billion in Funding, Because Why Not Have More Money
Tootsie Roll CEO’s Death Shines Wall Street Spotlight on Secretive Candy Empire
  Life
Quora
Jan. 25 2015 7:11 AM How Can I Get My Cat to Like Me More? Quora Contributor
Are You Grilling Italian Sausages on Your Radiator? For the Love of God, Turn Down Your Heat.
The Magnificent Ottoman Ruins of Ishak Pasha Palace
These Sleek Pop-Up Rentals Designed for Broke Millennials Redefine Prefab Housing
I Am Ready to Declare a Truce in the Gay Cake Wars
A Close Reading of SkyMall
The Info-Dense Maps Civilians Used to Follow WWII From the Home Front
  Double X
The XX Factor
Jan. 22 2015 12:21 PM GOP Women Stopped the 20-Week Abortion Bill. That’s Not Standing Up for Reproductive Rights. Amanda Marcotte
Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel Are Treated Horribly. So They Started Their Own Party. 
Boehner Applauded Equal Pay at Last Year’s State of the Union. Why Not This Year?
Obama Declares Child Care “a Must Have”
What Happens When Kids Eat Pizza
The Pope Tells Catholics Not to Breed “Like Rabbits” but Refuses to Endorse Contraception
Sororities Want to Fight Sexual Assault By Throwing Their Own Booze-Fueled Ragers
  Slate Plus
Tv Club
Jan. 25 2015 10:00 PM The Downton Abbey Podcast, Episode 4 The “Boom Goes the Dynamite” edition. Seth Stevenson and June Thomas
Jeremy Stahl on What Slate Stories Broke Facebook This Week
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 13
What Should Slate Do in 2015? Tell Slate’s Editor in Chief.
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on Downton Abbey Episode 3
  Arts
Brow Beat
Jan. 25 2015 11:04 PM Zachary Quinto and Neal Dodson on J.C. Chandor and Chandor’s Movie About the BP Oil Spill Forrest Wickman
Here Are the Winners of the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Zachary Quinto on Why He Wanted to Make a Movie About an “Ex-Gay” Activist
Watch SNL’s Hilarious Spoofs of Ballghazi and The Bachelor
Exploring Shanghai With Sidecar Motorcyclists
Michael Shannon and Ramin Bahrani on How Shannon Improvised His Last Line in 99 Homes
Listen to “Four Five Seconds,” the New Song By Kanye West, Rihanna, and Paul McCartney
  Technology
Future Tense
Jan. 25 2015 5:05 PM This Week’s East Coast Blizzard Could Be the Biggest on Record Eric Holthaus
State Department Wants Frozen PSAs About Climate Change
The Nerd Scare: How the U.S. Government Is Overreacting to Hackers and Journalists
People Who Are Great With Reading Social Cues Are Also Great With the Internet
Netflix Says Piracy Is Still Its Biggest Competitor
Here’s How We’re Going to Solve the Global Chocolate Shortage
Hundreds of Private Jets Delivered People to Davos. Also, It’s Climate Change Day at Davos.
  Health & Science
Medical Examiner
Jan. 25 2015 7:54 PM The Myth of the Good Guy With a Gun The NRA is wrong: Owning a gun is far more likely to harm you than protect you. Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes
It Is Statistically Impossible for Mass Surveillance to Be an Effective Anti-Terrorism Tool
Striking Sun Halo Display in Sweden (Photo)
Watch the Moon Get Squashed From Orbit
Shop SkyMall for Science That Is Decades Ahead of Regular Science
The Anti-Vaccine Movement Says Measles Isn’t Dangerous. Oh, Yes, It Is.
Crash Course Astronomy Episode 2: Naked-Eye Observing
  Sports
Sports Nut
Jan. 23 2015 7:19 PM Dumb Luck The New England Patriots’ prevention of fumbles is nearly impossible. Warren Sharp
The Five Stages of Patriots Fans’ Ballghazi Grief
Why NFL Quarterbacks Should Be Allowed to Do What They Want With Their Balls
Why Bill Belichick and His Antics Make the NFL a Better Place
NFL Investigates Patriots for Possibly Tampering With AFC Championship Game Balls
The Gridiron Boudoir: A Totally Sensual NFL Erotic Fiction Series
Why Urban Meyer’s Ohio State Is Set to Be a Perennial Title Contender