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By May 26, 2021
Environment

Plant pandemics are on the rise, and we need a plan to stop them

Though they don't directly impact us the same way, pandemics amongst crops could be devastating for us.
By Aug 8, 2019
Environment

We can’t stop climate change unless we drastically change how we use our land

The latest IPCC report warns that we need to fix deforestation and agriculture to fix the climate.
By Jun 5, 2019
Environment

Humans can’t manage this invasive fly—but a mind-controlling fungi might

The insect has wreaked havoc for residents and farmers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states.
By Sep 8, 2017
Environment

A chemical meant to save plants is actually killing them—and it’s spreading

Dicamba drift blues.
By Feb 22, 2017
Environment

Middle Eastern seed bank re-deposits backups into Svalbard’s doomsday vault

Just two years after tumultuous withdrawal
By Nov 19, 2016
Environment

Scientists tweak plant genes to enhance photosynthesis and increase crop yields

Pump up the yams
By Oct 28, 2016
Science

There’s No Need To Fear Gene-Edited Food

CRISPR democratizes food technology
By Sep 14, 2016
Science

Your Blue Jeans Can Trace Their Origins To Peru, 6,000 Years Ago

People have been coloring cloth blue for much longer than we thought
By Sep 6, 2016
Science

CRISPR-Modified Corn May Soon Be Ready For Market

It would be the first crop to go on sale that has been genetically altered with the enzyme
By Nov 18, 2015
Animals

Neonicotinoid Pesticides Make Bees Worse Pollinators

And also kill them