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Goats in a tree

Life

Tree-climbing goats spit out and disperse valuable argan seeds

Popular lore has it that goats defecate the seeds of fruits from the argan tree, but instead they must spit them out, helping to effectively disperse them

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East Africa’s drought threatens iconic wildebeest migration

Life

East Africa’s drought threatens iconic wildebeest migration

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Hundreds of newly-discovered plants may yield new crops or drugs

Earth

Hundreds of newly-discovered plants may yield new crops or drugs

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Mouse

Life

Mice lived with us 15,000 years ago even before farming took off

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Cows

Earth

7 foods you should avoid to help feed the world

Features

Infected maize

Life

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould

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Maize in the sun

Life

Brighter sky helped boost US crop yields – but it may not last

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Spraying fertiliser on wheat

Earth

A loaf of bread emits half a kilo of CO₂, mainly from fertiliser

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Morphing drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a plane

Technology

Morphing drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a plane

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People wearing beek-keeper outfits carrying protest signs that say things like

Earth

Emergency clause lets European countries beat bee pesticide ban

About half of the European Union’s member states are making use of an emergency clause to allow the use of banned pesticides that are thought to harm bees

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Health

Flies are spreading antibiotic resistance from farms to people

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Life

Gene-silencing spray lets us modify plants without changing DNA

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Earth

Build green highways for bees to help save vital pollinators

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Earth

Trials planned for GM superwheat that boosts harvest by 20%

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