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food security
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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…
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…
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…
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…