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Goats were first domesticated in western Iran 10,000 years ago
The earliest genetic evidence for goat domestication comes fossils of goats that lived in the Zagros Mountains of Iran about 10,000 years ago
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George Washington Carver
Molecular farming
Technology
Plants that suck metals from the soil can be farmed to make our tech
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Environment
Implanting beef cattle embryos in dairy cows makes them more lucrative
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Earth
Gene-editing CRISPR technique can help us cut emissions from farming
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Technology
Why monocultures aren’t nearly as bad as you may think
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Environment
A sprinkle of rock dust could help avoid catastrophic climate change
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Environment
Reports of an insect apocalypse are overblown but still concerning
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Environment
All the reasons why organic food doesn’t deserve such bad press
Negative headlines about organic farming’s carbon footprint are missing the bigger picture about its environmental benefits, say Christel Cederberg and Hayo van der Werf
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Environment
Lab-grown meat will be on your plate soon. It won’t be what you expect
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Society
Getting Brexit done: Six huge science issues the UK must resolve
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Environment
Make airlines and oil firms pay for tree-planting boom, says UK report
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Environment
Our current food system can feed only 3.4 billion people sustainably
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