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10-08-2025
Wheat gene map shows how plants survive heat and drought
Wheat feeds billions, so even small gains matter a great...
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10-07-2025
Life exists today because Earth collided with Theia 4.5 billion years ago
The first chapter of Earth’s formation moved quickly. New research...
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10-07-2025
Money might not grow on trees, but gold sure does, new study says
Plants do more than photosynthesize - some of them make...
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10-07-2025
Modern farming is draining the life from our soils, threatening the global food supply chain
Modern farming has mastered the art of abundance. Through fertilizers,...
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10-07-2025
How Africa can grow more food without more emissions
Africa’s population is expected to hit 2.5 billion by 2050...
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10-06-2025
Urban trees lose helpful microbes and gain harmful bacteria
Cities breathe through trees. They cool streets, clean the air,...
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10-04-2025
Astronauts face nutrition problems from space-grown crops
When astronauts leave Earth, food becomes more than energy. It...
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10-04-2025
Save the honeybees, save the world - this new 'superfood' has a good chance to do both
Honeybees carry pollen from flower to flower, helping plants make...
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10-04-2025
Scientists create plants that glow very brightly and 'recharge' in minutes
Imagine walking into a dark room where the plants themselves...
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10-04-2025
Biodiversity Cell Atlas project is creating a map of every living thing, cell by cell
Imagine trying to understand all of life on Earth by...
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