Farmers are under pressure. Fertilizer costs have soared in recent years. Tariffs are increasing equipment costs and cutting Canadian farmers off from key foreign markets. And climate change is bringing its own set of challenges.
Biotechnology
Sep 24, 2025
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The rain delays, sorghum withers; when a storm finally breaks, complaints rise again. To break this cycle of uncertainty, scientists from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, INERA, and the University of Ghana ...
Agriculture
Sep 19, 2025
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Settling in a new country as a refugee comes with a variety of opportunities and challenges, from forming social connections, to navigating government services, and many others. The challenges can be greater for refugees ...
Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2025
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Female treefrogs prefer a mate with an impressive call, but the crowded environments give unattractive males an edge, according to a new international study led by Assistant Professor Jessie Tanner of the University of Tennessee, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 10, 2025
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Digital platforms have become the essential infrastructure of modern life. They power everything from our group chats to businesses, shopping, election campaigns and emergency coordination. They instantly connect us and continuously ...
Social Sciences
Sep 2, 2025
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Traditional fast-fashion companies such as Zara and H&M rely on quick production cycles to keep up with consumer demand. A new business model supercharging that approach, called "ultra-fresh fashion," offers clothing collections ...
Economics & Business
Aug 21, 2025
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New York is waging a war on multiple fronts to combat the near ubiquitous rats that plague city streets and the subways, leaving some residents afraid to let their children walk on sidewalks.
Ecology
Aug 9, 2025
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A smartphone-controlled ingestible capsule that can control and allow for two-way communication with gut bacteria in pigs is reported in Nature Microbiology. The findings could lay the foundation for new diagnostic and treatment ...
Biotechnology
Jul 29, 2025
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Nearly one in four teenagers are using dating apps—and it may not be hurting their mental health, suggests a new Northwestern Medicine study that monitored adolescents over six months.
Social Sciences
Jul 22, 2025
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Any account of love and dating in the 2020s is incomplete without addressing an uncomfortable topic: are our encounters with technology shaping who we are and how we desire?
Social Sciences
Jul 22, 2025
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