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Three quarters of our crops depend on pollinators

Earth

Build green highways for bees to help save vital pollinators

Habitat loss, farming and climate change are behind the loss of wild pollinators, which are crucial to three quarters of the world's crops

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Trials planned for GM superwheat that boosts harvest by 20%

Earth

Trials planned for GM superwheat that boosts harvest by 20%

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A bridge in a marshy landscape extends into the distance where reeds and grasses can be seen

Humans

Our ancestors chose reeds over grain when quitting nomadic life

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Bee on flower

Life

Decline of wild bee species in England linked to pesticide use

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Cattle-herding robot Swagbot makes debut on Australian farms

Technology

Cattle-herding robot Swagbot makes debut on Australian farms

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Microbial mass extinctions were kicked off by human evolution

Life

Microbial mass extinctions were kicked off by human evolution

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Supersmart satellites reveal crops and fields like never before

Space

Supersmart satellites reveal crops and fields like never before

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Robot ranchers monitor animals on giant Australian farms

Technology

Robot ranchers monitor animals on giant Australian farms

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hedgerow

Earth

Is delight or devil in the detail of this hedgerow homage?

Culture

Animals may be fed manure-bred maggots to make meat sustainable

Health

Animals may be fed manure-bred maggots to make meat sustainable

An EU ban on the use of insect larvae in feed for farmed salmon, pigs and chicken may be relaxed after study concludes that it is safe

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Life

Farmers may have been accidentally making GMOs for millennia

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Life

Resistance to last-resort antibiotic has now spread across globe

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Earth

Bumblebees deployed to spray crops with pesticides

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Life

Key enzyme helps country kids ward off allergies and asthma

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