Agriculture

Agriculture

Let’s learn about eating bugs

Eating more insects, rather than pork, beef or other kinds of meat, may be better for the planet.

Agriculture

Here’s why cricket farmers may want to go green — literally

Crickets are great sources of protein, but they often kill each other in captivity. Green light could help solve the problem, two teens find.

Agriculture

The ultimate genealogical search hunts for our earliest ancestors

The complex search to identify humans’ most distant cousins is long, complex and far from straightforward. It’s also far from over.

Agriculture

Potty-trained cows could help reduce pollution

About a dozen calves have been trained to pee in a stall. Toilet training cows on a large scale could cut down on pollution, scientists say.

Agriculture

New technologies might help keep drought-prone farms green

After learning how much damage drought can do to crops, two teens designed ways to detect a thirsty plant and make sure it gets enough water.

Agriculture

Soil (and its inhabitants) by the numbers

Teeming with life, soils have more going on than most of us realize.

Agriculture

Healthy soils are life-giving black gold

Scientists explain why everyone needs to value the soils beneath our feet — and why we should not view them as dirt.

Agriculture

Honeybees fend off deadly hornets by decorating hives with poop

Bees usually collect pollen and nectar. Scientists were surprised to find that Asian honeybees also gather animal dung to defend their hives.

Agriculture

Dew collector brings water to thirsty plants

This invention grabs water from the air at night. All it needs is the sun’s warmth the next day to release that moisture to growing plants.

Agriculture

How to grow your own science experiment

Does fertilizer help plants grow better? You might expect it to, but how can you know? This experiment will help you test it yourself.

Agriculture

Learning what stresses queen bees could save their hives

Beehives often die off after the queen gets too stressed to make enough babies. New tests could identify what stressed her — and point to solutions.

Agriculture

Student scientists work to help all of us survive a warmer world

From glaciers in the refrigerator to a rover in the field, here’s how young scientists are looking to help us adapt to climate change.