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agriculture

Bee on yellow flowers

Life

Strongest evidence yet that neonicotinoids are killing bees

Studies in Europe and Canada show that controversial neonicotinoid insecticides have adverse effects on reproduction of honeybees and wild bees

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Goats in a tree

Life

Tree-climbing goats spit out and disperse valuable argan seeds

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East Africa’s drought threatens iconic wildebeest migration

Life

East Africa’s drought threatens iconic wildebeest migration

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Hundreds of newly-discovered plants may yield new crops or drugs

Earth

Hundreds of newly-discovered plants may yield new crops or drugs

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Mouse

Life

Mice lived with us 15,000 years ago even before farming took off

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Cows

Earth

7 foods you should avoid to help feed the world

Features

Infected maize

Life

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould

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Maize in the sun

Life

Brighter sky helped boost US crop yields – but it may not last

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Spraying fertiliser on wheat

Earth

A loaf of bread emits half a kilo of CO2, mainly from fertiliser

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Morphing drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a plane

Technology

Morphing drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a plane

A drone for surveying farmers’ fields takes off vertically and then shape-shifts into a plane, making it easier to launch and allowing it to fly for longer

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Earth

Emergency clause lets European countries beat bee pesticide ban

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Health

Flies are spreading antibiotic resistance from farms to people

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Life

Gene-silencing spray lets us modify plants without changing DNA

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Earth

Build green highways for bees to help save vital pollinators

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