The Farms of the Future Were Built for Outer Space. Will They Work on Earth?
It will be years until NASA is ready for a journey to the red planet, but if Earth continues to suffer from climate change, Mars could come to us.
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Plants
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Can Cities Help Preserve the Butterflies and the Bees?
Researchers found that urban gardens and allotments provide especially good habitat for pollinator communities.
Could Machine Learning Be the Key to Better Plant Conservation?
A multi-institutional research team used the power of open-access databases to predict the conservation status of more than 150,000 plants.
The Tropics Are in Trouble
Plants and animals in the tropics are threatened by a range of issues, warn researchers writing in the journal Nature.
Using DNA to Speed Up Identification of Aquatic Plants
A research team in Canada has tested the use of environmental DNA to ease the process of identifying and surveying aquatic plants.
Can Plant Blindness Be Cured?
In a new review study, researchers examine why people, including conservationists, tend to be biased against plants, and…
Will Open-Source Plants Spur Better Agriculture?
A new initiative is looking to make better crops by freeing their germplasm from intellectual property restrictions. By…
O Christmas Tree! How Evolutionarily Constrained Are Your Branches?
A study shows that most of the variation in plants and trees comes down to just two factors: overall size and the "leaf economics spectrum."
Boosting Photosynthesis to Feed the World
Researchers from around the globe have creative ideas about how to re-engineer photosynthesis to meet the food demands of the future.
This Week in We Are Not Fooled by These So-Called ‘Plants’
Nothing to see over here! Just an innocent saguaro! Yeah, right.