Agriculture
Researchers breed a fungus that kills mites to save bees
Researchers develop a fungus that kills mites that contribute to honey bee Colony Collapse Disorder.
Vertical farming: disrupting agriculture
A new agricultural revolution could forever change the planet.
‘Mad honey’: The rare hallucinogen from the mountains of Nepal
Of the world's 300 honey varieties, none is stranger and more dangerous than mad honey.
How your daily coffee can help tropical forests grow back
Researchers find that the coffee pulp is valuable in its own right.
Butterfly population collapse linked to climate change
If we lose our pollinators, we'll soon lose everything else.
Here’s what happened when AI and humans met in a strawberry-growing contest
Do they really need the human touch?
Venus flytrap jaws create tiny magnetic fields when they snap shut
It's like a little magnetic "nom, nom."
From NASA to your table: A history of food from thin air
A fairly old idea, but a really good one, is about to hit the store shelves.
Researchers say food prices don’t reflect environmental costs
Agriculture is responsible for a quarter of greenhouse emissions, but who pays for these environmental costs?
New tech turns space urine into plant fertilizer
An important step toward figuring out our space station future.
A Chinese plant has evolved to hide from humans
Researchers document the first example of evolutionary changes in a plant in response to humans.
AI reveals the Sahara actually has millions of trees
A study finds 1.8 billion trees and shrubs in the Sahara desert.
6 easy ways to transition to a plant-based diet
Your health and the health of the planet are not indistinguishable.
Cornell University program aims to end world hunger in 10 years
Can we end world hunger by 2030? Thanks to a new program, the data for it is all there.
Reinventing agriculture for climate change
Modern crops have been optimized for a lot of things, but not for climate change.
The spread of ancient infectious diseases offers insight into COVID-19
Archaeology clues us in on the dangers of letting viruses hang around.
How kings created Angkor Wat—then lost it
The major temples seem much more interesting than what also appears on the landscape: apparently random mounds of earth.
Water heist: Up to half of the world’s supply is being stolen, study finds
A new study examines the under-researched area of water theft around the world.
Nanosensor can alert a smartphone when plants are stressed
Carbon nanotubes embedded in leaves detect chemical signals that are produced when a plant is damaged.
Top 6 ways to suck greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere
Researchers evaluated the best and worst ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere in a recent report.
Microplastics in the soil point to another potential ecosystem collapse
When these particles are eaten by earthworms, the results are not good.
A new study says it’s okay to eat red meat. An immediate uproar follows.
Even before publication, health agencies were asking the journal not to publish the research.
The collapse of the industrial livestock industry is coming
A new report sees a major disruption in where we get our food.
Why synthetic chemicals seem more toxic than natural ones
Some pesticides are about as toxic as table salt.
Vodka for your post-apocalypse wingding
It's made from Chernobyl water and rye. What could possibly go wrong?
Cheese energy could power hundreds of UK homes
Cheese is one of the latest products to be used to create biogas.
8 ways to halt a global food crisis
The future of food sounds bleak, but it doesn't need to be this way.
These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2019
A glimpse into what a sustainable, inclusive future will look like.
Are you ready for cricket burgers?
Over two billion people regularly eat insects. Why are Americans so squeamish?