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Continue reading DNA from dirt: Tracing ancient humans found in ‘empty’ caves
Harvesting Washington state’s vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many of them work illegally in the United States.
Continue reading A robot that picks apples? Replacing humans worries some
Is the online giant of retail also looking to conquer physical stores?
Continue reading 5 reasons Amazon is experimenting with physical stores
A solution to the global problem of plastic waste is in sight as researchers have discovered that the larva of wax worm has the ability to degrade plastic — which is incredibly resistant to breaking down.
Continue reading Wax worm may answer problem of plastic waste
Researchers have found a way to trigger a process similar to photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air and producing energy — all at the same time.
Continue reading Artificial photosynthesis turns carbon dioxide into clean air
Expanding the list of material that can be produced by 3-D printing, researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a system to print the basic structure of an entire building.
Continue reading Researchers develop system that can 3-D print entire building
The United Nations helped launch a smartphone app Tuesday that allows users to “walk a mile in a refugee’s shoes” by simulating the daily struggles of a fictional Rohingya Muslim who was forced to flee her home.
Continue reading Smartphone app lets user ‘walk a mile in a refugee’s shoes’
Entrepreneur Matilda Ho is out to get silkworm noodles on the menu in China.
Continue reading Start-up cooking up silkworm noodles for Chinese meals
Two of four Egyptian Vultures tagged with satellite transmitters by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, EAD, in 2016, have stayed in Jebel Hafeet while the two other birds moved to Northwest Oman where they continued to move around Ibri.
Continue reading Endangered Egyptian Vultures fitted with GSM transmitters to track movements
A stadium-sized pressure balloon launched by NASA in New Zealand began collecting data in near space on Wednesday, beginning a 100-day planned journey after several launch attempts were thwarted by storms and cyclones.
Continue reading Eighth time lucky: NASA launches super balloon to collect near space data