The CLEAR Project

The CLEAR Project is composed of a group of young scientists at the University of California, Berkeley who want to find better ways to communicate science at the forefront of discovery. We support GMOs as a technology to address world hunger, the changing climate, and to lessen the environmental impact of industrial agriculture.

05/08/2017

WHAT: Beyond the Choir – Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia
As the largest and most popular reference work on the Internet, Wikipedia MIGHT be the source of much pseudoscientific misinformation. It isn’t, however, due in large part to the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW) project. Since 2010, GSoW has reviewed and corrected — or wholly created — Wikipedia pages concerning scientific skepticism. Come learn how the wired world’s source of information (40 million articles in more than 250 languages) remains largely free of pseudoscience.
WHO: Susan Gerbic
Affectionately called the Wikipediatrician, Susan Gerbic is the founder of GSoW. She is a frequent contributor to Skeptical Inquirer (CSICOP) and Skepticality Podcast. She is the winner of the CSI In the Trenches Award from 2012, James Randi Award for Skepticism in the Public Interest 2013, and a Scientific and Technical Consultant for CSI.
WHEN: 7:30PM Thursday May 11
WHERE: La Peña, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley [Map]
HOW: Presented free by the Bay Area Skeptics

02/08/2017

Our next blog post written by grad student at UCB Grady Pierroz on Bees & fake news https://clear-project.org/2017/02/06/beemaggeddon-or-over-bee-action/

Beemaggeddon or Over-Bee-Action? Grady Pierroz, Graduate Student, UC Berkeley February 4, 2017 Let’s take a look at something that has been in the public consciousness for a while now: the bees are dying. Everybody knows the bees …

Greenpeace v. The Laureates: A Case for Golden Rice

08/24/2016

Check out our newest blog post by UC Berkeley grad student Grady Pierroz on the controversial Golden Rice V Greenpeace battle https://clear-project.org/2016/08/24/greenpeace-v-the-laureates-a-case-for-golden-rice/

Greenpeace v. The Laureates: A Case for Golden Rice If one hundred Nobel Laureates asked you to change your mind about a controversial science topic like vaccines, global warming, or engineered crops (GMOs), do you think you would? And if that didn’…

04/27/2016

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/green-revolution/

The Next Green Revolution Can science prevent our next food crisis?

04/18/2016

A great article on the future of gene editing using modern techniques (CRISPR/Cas9) for improvement of agriculture. The big question is how will it be regulated?
http://geneticexperts.org/how-should-gene-edited-crops-be-regulated-national-academies-meeting-seeks-answers/

How should gene-edited crops be regulated? National Academies meeting seeks answers - GENeS On Monday, April 18th the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are holding their first meeting to consider the regulation of future biotechnology products, including gene-edited crops. The meeting comes only days after the USDA announced it will not regulate a … Continue readin…