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Plant Detectives Dig Into How Cells Grow
Moss offers clues in the search for how molecular signals direct cell growth.
Farmers Get $3 Million in Bee Lunch Money
A new USDA program pays farmers to reseed fields with clover, alfalfa and other plants good for grazing that also feed bees. The initiative is an attempt to counteract colony collapse disorder.
Humans Managed Rainforests of Southeast Asia for Thousands of Years
The "untouched" rainforests of Southeast Asia may have been more manhandled than previously thought, with humans burning forests to make way for food-bearing plants soon after the last ice age ended.
New England's 'Lost' Archaeological Sites Rediscovered
Examinations of airborne scans of three New England towns revealed networks of old stone walls, building foundations, old roads, dams and other features, many of which long were forgotten.
Scientists Take On Coffee-Loving Pests
Genetic research from across the ocean poised to help coffee bean growers in Columbia.
On Mozambique Coast, Food Grows Alongside Species Diversity (Op-Ed)
Opinion A new approach is helping fight both hunger and overfishing in Mozambique.
Let's Not 'Feed The World': Moving Beyond an Unhelpful Phrase (Op-Ed)
Opinion "Feed the World" is not the right way to end global hunger.
