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food security
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How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertainty
Farmers during harvest season in Batad, Ifugao, Philippines. Paul Connor and the Ifugao Archaeological Project, CC BY Stephen…
January 22, 2026
Why mangoes fall before they’re ripe – and how science is helping them hang on
Photo by Boris Izmaylov on Unsplash Sophie Jones, The University of Queensland Ever wondered why your mango tree…
January 21, 2026
Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable
Biosphere 2 is a research facility located near Tucson, Ariz. Katja Schulz/Flickr, CC BY Scott Saleska, University of…
October 12, 2025
Deadlier than varroa, a new honey-bee parasite is spreading around the world
Albert Stoynov/Unsplash Jean-Pierre Scheerlinck, The University of Melbourne For decades, beekeepers have fought a tiny parasite called Varroa…
September 19, 2025
AI is transforming weather forecasting − and that could be a game changer for farmers around the world
Weather forecasts help farmers figure out when to plant, where to use fertilizer and much more. Maitreya Shah/Studio…
September 7, 2025
We drilled deep under the sea to learn more about mega-earthquakes and tsunamis
The Japanese drilling vessel Chikyu. (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology) Morgane Brunet, Université du Québec à…
September 2, 2025
