Agriculture
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
New York Is Turning Its Leftovers Into Natural Gas, With the Help of Hungry Bacteria
Some cities are taking table scraps and turning them into fuel.
Africans' Ability To Digest Milk Co-Evolved With Livestock Domestication
Lactose tolerance spread throughout Africa along human pastoral migration routes, say scientists
New York Could Grow All Its Own Food
Theoretically, New York City could become largely self-sufficient
To Decode the Mystery of Corn, Smithsonian Scientists Recreate Earth as it Was 10,000 Years Ago
As part of a groundbreaking study, researchers built a greenhouse "time machine"
California's Crucial Reservoirs Are Running Low, And That's Even Worse Than It Sounds
An ongoing drought has drained California dry
GM Purple Tomatoes Could Actually Be Good for You
These tomatoes are stuffed with anthocyanins (but they're not the only source of the healthy pigment)
Climate Change Is Already Causing Mass Human Migration
When temperatures are high, Pakistani men are 11 times more likely to move out of town
Hunter-Gatherers Ruined Their Teeth by Eating Too Many Acorns
Wild nuts such as acorns, pine nuts and pistachios are highly cariogenic, or those "producing and promoting the development of tooth decay"
Just Because Farmers Grow Fresh Produce Doesn’t Mean They’re Eating It
Without the help of a farm wife (or husband) who can take responsibility for running the household's kitchen, farmers often subsist on processed snacks
160 Years Later, Scientists Grow a GM Potato That Could Have Prevented the Irish Potato Famine
Genetically modified potatoes resistant to potato blight were designed in Ireland
Scientists Turn Algae Into Crude Oil In Less Than An Hour
Researchers believe they have figured out a way to make a promising biofuel that is cheap enough to compete with gasoline
We've Done So Well by Chesapeake Oysters, We Can Start Eating Them Again
Perhaps this time we can keep ourselves from eating them to oblivion
Stop Freaking Out About Lead in Backyard Chicken Eggs
Urban hens' eggs have elevated levels of lead, but the levels are still pretty low
How One Chinese Corporate Spy Dodged the FBI to Steal Inbred Corn Seeds from Iowa
Mo Hailong faces a decade in prison for allegedly trying to steal millions of dollars-worth of corn seeds
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