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This Radical New Farming Method Would Replace Photosynthesis With Solar Power
Posted in Science on 2nd Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
Plants aside, a similar technology-in theory-could also be used for cultivating dairy and plant-based meat, although the idea hasn't been tested yet.
Many species will not be able to adapt to climate change
Posted in Featured, Science on 23rd Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller
A study of more than 250 plants and animals suggests their ability to adapt to changes will be vastly outpaced by future climate change.
Tim Peake's space seeds on their way to schools
Posted in Science on 14th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
Thousands of schools in the UK will be receiving seeds that have been in space. Tim Peake has launched a mass experiment to grow the seeds.
Bionic leaf: using bacteria to convert solar energy into fuel
Posted in Science on 9th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
Harvesting sunlight is a trick plants mastered more than a billion years ago, using solar energy to feed themselves from the air and water through photosynthesis.
91 new species described by California Academy Of Sciences in 2013
Posted in Science on 23rd Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller
The new species, include 38 different ants, 12 fishes, 14 plants, eight beetles, two spiders, one reptile, and one amphibian.