The research could allow people to make predictions at the continental scale about where it might be safer to store contaminants deep underground.
Earth Sciences
May 11, 2021
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CABI has led the first study to explore the income and food security effects of the fall armyworm invasion on a country—revealing that in Zimbabwe smallholder maize-growing households blighted by the pest are 12% more likely ...
Economics & Business
Mar 15, 2021
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Large-scale land acquisitions by foreign investors, intended to improve global food security, had little to no benefit, increasing crop production in some areas while simultaneously threatening local food security in others, ...
Environment
Jan 19, 2021
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A few days ago, I completed my 2020 U.S. census form.
Political science
Apr 1, 2020
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A supercomputer is boosting efforts in East Africa to control a locust outbreak that raises what the U.N. food agency calls "an unprecedented threat" to the region's food security.
Ecology
Mar 12, 2020
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Top-down projects for improving the lives of poor farmers were often unsuccessful because they didn't systematically consider the diverse rural households survive and thrive. To tap this local knowledge, scientists and development ...
Environment
Mar 3, 2020
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The irreproducibility of preclinical data is impeding scientific progress and the development of effective new medical therapies. The Animal Study Registry was launched in January 2019 as a response to the reproducibility ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 15, 2019
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While we are increasingly aware of the environmental costs and impacts of raising a handful of widely eaten, large-scale production foods such as cows and pigs, we have glaring blind spots when it comes to such effects of ...
Environment
Sep 12, 2019
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Over six weeks, the vandals kept coming, knocking the school system's network offline several times a day.
Education
Jul 16, 2019
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Satellite technology has been a boon for humanity, leading to faster, clearer communications, quicker emergency responses, accurate location information, and global financial transactions. Smart devices are almost always ...
Telecom
Jul 12, 2019
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