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agriculture

Protein or Perish
Ruth Williams | Aug 31, 2016 | 1 min read
A bacteriophage must evolve certain variants of a protein or die.
Donor-Soil Microbes Drive Ecosystem Restoration
Tracy Vence | Jul 11, 2016 | 2 min read
Excavating existing topsoil and adding donor soil, researchers revitalized degraded farmland in the span of six years.
Nobel Laureates vs. Greenpeace
Bob Grant | Jun 30, 2016 | 2 min read
Dozens of Nobel Prize winners pen an open letter, calling on the environmental organization to stop spreading false claims regarding genetically modified organisms.
Study: Farming Arose Twice in the Ancient Middle East
Bob Grant | Jun 21, 2016 | 1 min read
Ancient DNA research suggests that there were two independent agricultural revolutions more than 10,000 years ago.
Antibiotic Affects Cow Dung
Tracy Vence | May 25, 2016 | 1 min read
Researchers assess some of the downstream effects of treating livestock with a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
E.U. Delays Vote on Roundup
Bob Grant | May 23, 2016 | 1 min read
Newly published research on the key ingredient in the Monsanto-made weed killer is holding up lawmakers’ decisions on whether to continue to allow its sale in Europe.
Report: Still Lots to Learn About GE Crops
Tracy Vence | May 17, 2016 | 2 min read
A National Academies–led analysis evaluates the impacts of genetically engineered crops—and calls for updated regulations.
Genetically Engineered Hornless Dairy Calves
Jef Akst | May 10, 2016 | 2 min read
Researchers use a gene editor to introduce an allele that eliminates the horned trait—and thus, the need for an expensive and painful process of dehorning—in dairy cows.
Gene Editing Without Foreign DNA
Ruth Williams | Feb 1, 2016 | 2 min read
Scientists perform plant-genome modifications on crops without using plasmids.
Speaking of Science
The Scientist | Feb 1, 2016 | 2 min read
February 2016's selection of notable quotes
GM Calves Move to University
Kerry Grens | Dec 21, 2015 | 1 min read
The first two bulls genetically engineered to lack horns arrived at the University of California, Davis, for breeding.
The Unregulation of Biotech Crops
Kerry Grens | Nov 25, 2015 | 5 min read
Genetic engineering—once a trigger for federal oversight—is now ushering some modified crops around scrutiny.
Farming Sped Eurasian Evolution
Bob Grant | Nov 24, 2015 | 1 min read
New clues from ancient DNA reveal the remarkable effect of agriculture on adaptation in Stone Age humans who lived across Europe.
One-Third of Cactus Species Threatened
Karen Zusi | Oct 6, 2015 | 2 min read
A global assessment of declining cacti populations places responsibility on increasing human activities.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Sep 1, 2015 | 3 min read
Brain Storms, Orphan, Maize for the Gods, and Paranoid.
Scientists Oppose Scotlandā€™s GM Crop Ban
Amanda B. Keener | Aug 19, 2015 | 1 min read
Researchers from across the U.K. draft a letter criticizing the recent decision to keep genetically modified crops out of Scotland.
Genome Digest
Amanda B. Keener | Aug 17, 2015 | 4 min read
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Scotland Nixing GM Crops
Bob Grant | Aug 11, 2015 | 1 min read
The country will opt-out of growing genetically modified foods that have been approved for cultivation in the European Union.
Judge Decides on GM Rice Retraction
Kerry Grens | Aug 3, 2015 | 2 min read
Ethical breaches in a study on the benefits of so-called “golden rice” lead to the paper being pulled from the literature.
Silence of the Lambs
Kerry Grens | Aug 1, 2015 | 4 min read
A die-off of newborn lambs in Australia leads to the discovery of a new toxin and clues to a devastating liver disease in children.
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