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Agriculture Oct 12, 2026

Ancient people relied on genetic variation already present in wild plants to domesticate crops like rice and corn

Oryza rufipogon is an ordinary-looking wild grass found today in parts of China, India and Southeast Asia. More than 8,000 years ago, people living in the Lower Yangtze Valley began cultivating it.

Economics & Business Oct 12, 2026

This economist believes the system is broken. Maybe she has a point

Governments need to work hand in hand with the private sector, rather than leaving business to its own devices. They should be "moving away from fixing market failures and government failures toward actively shaping how markets ...

Veterinary medicine Oct 12, 2026

What can free‑living Indian street dogs teach us about how to care for pet dogs?

We give our pet dogs shelter, veterinary care, affection, training and play. We decide when they eat, where they sleep, when they go outside, who they meet and how they move through the world.

Ecology Oct 12, 2026

Conservation parks don't have to be vast—as one tiny grasshopper reminds us

A vast stretch of land where animals roam widely and plants grow freely. That's what most people would picture if they thought of a conservation area.

Education Oct 12, 2026

African genomics research is growing: What countries are doing to connect genetic data and health care

Much of what scientists know about how genetic differences affect health comes from studying populations outside Africa. This matters because genetic information is increasingly being used to understand disease, interpret ...

Education Oct 12, 2026

Universities are making different choices about AI. How will they fit with their public missions?

Artificial intelligence has moved quickly from an emerging technology to one that is forcing universities to make consequential choices.

Education Oct 12, 2026

As the school year settles in, making room for the arts can support everyday well‑being

As the days darken, making more room for arts-based practices and experiences is one way to bring useful, interesting or sustaining activities into the seasons ahead.

Education Oct 12, 2026

Model links course design, psychological safety and guided AI use

University of Phoenix researchers have published a new peer-reviewed study examining how stress, self-regulation, resilience, belonging, psychological safety and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) interact in the ...

Economics & Business Oct 12, 2026

Americans Hall and Woodford win economics Nobel for stabilization models

Americans Robert Hall and Michael Woodford were awarded the Nobel economics prize Monday for their work on how monetary and fiscal policy can better stabilize disruptive economic fluctuations.

Ecology Oct 11, 2026

Wildlife populations have declined 73% since 1970—but many of the world's animals still aren't being counted

Wildlife populations around the world have declined by an average of 73% since 1970. That's according to the WWF's new 2026 Living Planet Index—a major estimate, updated every two years, of the changing state of nature. This ...

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