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Prominent Biotech Booster: Time to Label GMOs

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Studying wheat health

Learn how a pair of kinases could help plant scientists engineer crops resistant to infectious diseases and boost wheat's immunity.

New Tech Could Help Wheat, a Global Food Source, Fight Disease Like Stem Rust

potato-blight

Learn about a recent study that asserts the Andes Mountains in South America as the birthplace of a pathogen that has caused potato blight across the world.

The Source of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Is Finally Identified

Houseplant fungus gnat

Gnats may be harmless to humans, but they’re still nuisances and pests to plants. Learn how to handle a gnat infestation at home. 

How to Get Rid of Gnats Safely

Harvesting avocados in Uruapan, in the Mexican state of Michoacan. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

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"On average, 90 percent of avocados are grown in the southwest Mexican state of Michoacán."

Avocados Are A ‘Green Gold’ Export For Mexico, But Growing Them Is Harming Forests And Waters

In 1879, Professor William J. Beal buried 20 glass bottles of seeds. At regular intervals ever since, researchers have been digging them back up to study. (Credit: Derrick L. Turner/Michigan State University)

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 One of the world’s longest-running experiments examines the mystery.

How Long Do Seeds Retain Their Ability To Sprout?

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8 Amazing Black Scientists

Working everywhere from operating rooms to NASA research facilities, these pioneer Black scientists changed history and propelled us into the future.

8 Amazing Black Scientists and How They Changed History 

Prominent Biotech Booster: Time to Label GMOs

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