Top news of the week: 26.01.2023.
Biotech Needs to Get Back to Work in Person. Now.
Companies at the frontiers of science and medicine, developing new therapies for patients, are working on one of the most challenging endeavors known to humanity. Most would agree it’s more ...
‘Like turning ‘a golf ball into string’: Making meat substitutes is not easy
If you’re an environmentally aware meat-eater, you probably carry at least a little guilt to the dinner table. The meat on our plates comes at a significant environmental cost through ...
Land management & restoration
From the tea plantations of Sri Lanka to smallholder farms that dot the Sahel, land is a central part of our ecosystems, our economies and our public health. Ensuring our land is both ...
Huaijun Zhou Awarded the 2023 NAS Prize in Food & Agriculture Sciences
2023 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Scienced: Dr. Huaijun Zhou, University of California, Davis The world population is projected to reach nearly 10 billion people by 2050, requiring ...
Carbon tax on farming to reduce carbon emissions? New Zealand is pioneering this new policy. Here’s why its touted benefits may not be a sure thing
Agriculture contributes an estimated one-quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. The economy in New Zealand, a tiny country at the bottom of the world, relies on its vast natural ...
3 Big Things Today, January 25, 2023
Wheat futures and corn futures were higher overnight while soybean futures were lower.
We need a new model of space governance to address today's challenges
Access to space is growing, with more than 70 nations now operating space programmes. We urgently need to update international rules, says chair of the UAE Space Agency Sarah Al Amiri