Agriculture
Popular Pesticides Linked to Drops in Bird Populations
This is the latest in a string of studies suggesting that some pesticides impact birds as well as pollinators
Mesopotamian Irrigation May Have Helped Out a Parasite That Now Infects 200 Million People
A parasite egg found in a grave in the Middle East gives scientists a window into how disease spread in prehistory
Goats Evicted In Detroit
An attempt at urban farming runs afoul of city ordinances in Detroit
Europe Was Probably Colonized By Island Hoppers
New genetic research shows that people and agriculture likely spread across the Mediterranean by going from island to island
This Cologne Makes Cows Smell Like Humans, So Mosquitos Bite Them Instead of Us
California company receives Gates Foundation grant to explore a unique kind of pest control
Americans Are Serving Alpaca for Dinner
The llama-like animal is growing in popularity for meat eaters in the U.S.
The Science of a Tourist Trap: What's This Desert Doing in Maine?
Maine's "most famous natural phenomenon" is also a reminder about responsible land use
A Professor Proposes Creating the Matrix for Factory-Farmed Chickens
He wants to give them the Virtual Free Range™ experience
The American Tobacco Industry's Child Labor Problem
Children as young as 12 work America's tobacco fields
Fujitsu is Growing the Most Technologically Advanced Lettuce Ever
This gives a whole new meaning to factory farm
This Farmer Grew Four Times As Much Rice in the Same Amount of Land
His controversial farming method has long been dismissed by experts
A Diversity of Bees Is Good for Farming—And Farmers' Wallets
A new study shows that if more species of bees are available to pollinate blueberry flowers, blueberries get fatter
To Save the Apples We Love Today, We Need to Save Their Ancient Ancestors
Apples aren't set to cope with our changing world. To help them, first we'll need to protect the past
More Carbon Dioxide in the Air Makes Some Crops Less Nutritious
Crops such as rice and wheat have lower concentrations of some nutrients when they’re grown under an atmosphere with higher levels of the greenhouse gas
Maple Syrup Farmers Can Now Vacuum Sap Out of Trees
A new technology helps sugarmakers get every last drop
Marijuana Grow Ops Are Drying Out California's Water Supply
Illegal marijuana grow ops use thousands of gallons of water a day
Walmart's About to Do for Organic Food What It Did for Every Other Consumer Product
Walmart's going to give organic food a big push
Under the Summer Sun, the Corn Belt Is the Most Biologically Productive Place on Earth
During the peak growing season, the corn belt outproduces the Amazon
Ancient Wandering Shepherds Spread Crops Across Eurasia
The nomadic shepherds of central Asia joined east and west
A Scan of a Mechanical Heart Pump Fitted in a Live Human and Other Eerily Beautiful Scientific Images
From a photo of a tick biting flesh to a closeup of a kidney stone, the 18 winners of the 2014 Wellcome Image Awards highlight objects we don't usually see
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