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four red hens in a line. two are looking straight ahead, one is looking right, and the other is looking left. they have an expression that reads as suprise
Agriculture

Not to ruffle feathers, but chickens blush

By Laura Baisas

How plant hunting has evolved over the centuries
Agriculture

How plant hunting has evolved over the centuries

By Bill Gourgey

Located in the foothills of a rock emerging from a green field
Agriculture

Iron Age plant remains tell new agricultural story in east Africa

By Laura Baisas

a pot of venus fly trap plants on a table
Agriculture

How to care for a Venus fly trap

By Debbie Wolfe

Close up of Syntrichia caninervis moss
Agriculture

This inedible, indestructible moss may help humans thrive on Mars

By Andrew Paul

California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape
Agriculture

California’s billionaire utopia may not be as eco-friendly as advertised

By Andrew Paul

An NA Negroni sitting on the arm of an Adirondack chair with the Cascade Mountains in the background.
Agriculture

Inside the first non-alcoholic distillery in the United States 

By Amanda Reed

yaks and sheep grazing on grassland with mountains in the distance
Agriculture

Bronze Age nomads used cauldrons for blood sausage and yak milk

By Laura Baisas

Close-up of three cows
Agriculture

Cow poop might make cleaner hydrogen gas a reality

By Andrew Paul

Chicken looking at camera against black background
Agriculture

Chicken fat supercapacitors could store green energy of the future

By Andrew Paul

Intercropped tomato (left) compared to monocropped tomatoes (right). Both were planted on the same day, but here we can see that the intercropped tomato plant is larger, bears more fruit, and the tomatoes ripened earlier than its monocropped counterpart.
Agriculture

Ancient farm practice could help sustain future humans on Mars

By Laura Baisas

Can AI help tell the difference between a good and bad sweet potato?
Agriculture

Can AI help tell the difference between a good and bad sweet potato?

By Mack DeGeurin

three baby chickens standing in a nest with open and unopened eggshells
Agriculture

Why chickens probably crossed the Silk Road

By Laura Baisas

Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship the Nimrod, among the ice in McMurdo's Sound, Antarctica.
Agriculture

Cracking open a 117-year-old Antarctic milk time capsule

By Laura Baisas

dairy cows eating animal feed
Agriculture

Bird flu detected in dairy cow milk samples

By Laura Baisas

a group of burmese pythons
Agriculture

Scientists propose eating more python

By Laura Baisas

Shelled and unshelled hazlenuts on a wooden table.
Agriculture

Humans have been eating hazelnuts for at least 6,000 years

By Laura Baisas

Pigs in sty at factory farm
Agriculture

Gene-edited pigs immune to deadly virus could arrive on farms by next year

By Andrew Paul

A clear glass tea cup with steaming brown tea sits on a table next to a green tea leaves.
Agriculture

The ingredients for a tastier, stronger tea could be in the soil

By Laura Baisas

Pink lab-grown beef rice in white bowl
Agriculture

Scientists swear their lab-grown ‘beef rice’ tastes ‘pleasant’

By Andrew Paul

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