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Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly. The Genetic Literacy Project’s infographics illustrate the general understanding of biotechnology and genetics by visually presenting developing stories and data.
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Infographic: Who are the last COVID vaccine holdouts?
Conservative media sometimes blame the problem of the unvaccinated on people of color, but the data show vaccine resistance is mostly ...
Infographic: US honeybee population reverses declines, shows sharp 8% increase over past decade, documents USDA
Over the last 20 years, the U.S. beekeeping industry has experienced significant changes that have included fluctuating honey bee colony ...
Infographics: Black and Hispanic Americans are closing the COVID vaccination gap
With the continued spread of the more transmissible Delta variant, unvaccinated people remain at increased risk for infection, illness, and ...
Infographic: What should pregnant women know about the COVID shot?
Facing months of conflicting guidance and unanswered questions, it's been hard for pregnant women to decide whether or not to ...
Infographic: ‘There is no clear evidence that differences between organic and conventionally grown foods have any bearing on health’
Yes, there are some differences between organically grown food and food produced using conventional methods, said Siv Kjølsrud Bøhn at ...
Infographics: Key charts illustrate split between vaccinated and unvaccinated America
Three in 10 American adults remain unvaccinated, according to the latest survey from the KFF. But they’re not a monolith ...
Infographic: Autoimmune diseases — 76 identified so far — tend to target women over men. Here is a master list
There are many autoimmune diseases, and taken together they affect as much as 4.5 percent of the world’s population. This ...
Infographic: Growing human embryos — How long should researchers watch human development play out in a dish?
In May, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) released new guidelines that relaxed the 14-day rule, taking away ...
Infographic: Does glyphosate (aka RoundUp) cause cancer? 18 of 19 global regulatory and chemical oversight agencies say ‘no’ while one presents equivocal data
Glyphosate weedkiller, once marketed exclusively under the name RoundUp by its originator Monsanto, is the world's most popular herbicide, used ...
Infographics: Biotech crops have benefited more than 65 million people around the world. Here are some of the benefits
Since 1996, the global area planted to biotech crops has consistently increased, with significant expansion recorded in developing countries. In ...
Infographic: Gene transfer mystery — How ‘antifreeze’ genes jumped from one species to another without sex
It isn’t surprising... that herrings and smelts, two groups of fish that commonly roam the northernmost reaches of the Atlantic ...
Infographic: How contagious are the various COVID variants compared with other diseases?
The cleanest way of comparing the pure biological spreading power of viruses is to look at their R0 (pronounced R-naught) ...
Infographic: Asians are the most likely ethnic group to get vaccinated — but Hispanic and Black Americans lag behind
To date, vaccination rates among Black and Hispanic people have lagged behind those of White people, largely due to access ...
Infographic: From the Spanish flu to COVID — How long has it taken to develop vaccines?
In the graphic [below], we explore how long it has historically taken to bring a vaccine to market during pandemics ...
Infographic: COVID myths — Which are most pervasive, and who is most likely to believe them?
Big myths about COVID vaccines are showing real staying power among Americans who are not vaccinated. They are not the ...
Infographic: Either or? Where does the public stand on vaccine mandates and vaccine passports?
There's much higher public support for government-imposed vaccine mandates than businesses' use of "vaccine passports," even if they're called something ...
Infographic: Vaccine hesitancy on the wane for some as confidence in shot effectiveness grows, tracking study shows
If we look at the attributes of Americans who are ambivalent about vaccination, we see that living in a small ...
Infographic: Trending green and going great — Every state in the US seeing decreased cases of COVID
The U.S. averaged fewer than 40,000 new cases per day over the past week. That’s a 21% improvement over the ...
Infographic: Gene therapy drugs that silence the effects of faulty genes could help tackle Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative diseases
Huntington’s disease (HD) is an inherited condition that causes widespread deterioration in the brain and disrupts thinking, behaviour, emotion and ...
The United States has done the worst job at protecting the lives of its younger citizens from COVID — by far
While the elderly have been at the highest risk of becoming seriously ill due to COVID-19 infections, COVID-19 also affected ...
Infographic: COVID rejection ideology — Vaccine skeptics are also prevention skeptics
How many Americans won’t get the vaccine? If the figure is fairly low, the ability of the virus to spread ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 6: Pesticide residues ― Something to worry about?
Just like anything that goes into your body, it’s the dose (the amount) that matters ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than ‘natural’ organics
Most consumers believe organic farming avoids pesticides and prioritizes the health of the environment more than conventional farming. However, this ...
Infographic: COVID variants spreading rapidly throughout the US, stalling post-coronavirus recovery
The country’s vaccine rollout has sped up since the first doses were administered in December, recently reaching a rolling average ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 4: How do organic pesticides compare to synthetic pesticides?
Many consumers choose to buy higher-priced organic produce because they believe organic foods are not grown using pesticides and therefore ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 3: How dangerous is glyphosate?
Although pesticide toxicity and biodegradability has decreased overall during the last few decades, many consumers are still worried about pesticides ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 2: Have pesticides improved?
it is important to balance risks with the benefits that pesticides provide ...
