Agriculture
New research indicates that new technologies emerged on the island separately from Eurasian innovations.
The researchers hope to resurrect a variety of date that was praised in antiquity but lost to time.
An experiment off the coast of California may bolster efforts to make biocrude from "the Sequoia of the sea."
If we were on track to curb climate change, methane levels would be dropping. Instead, they are spiking.
Eating softer processed foods changed the position of humans' adult teeth, making it easier to say sounds like "f" and "v," new research suggests.
Scientists identify two genes behind plant cell pumps that produce sourness -- and variation in flower color.
Scientists are trying to perfect a technique for growing crops in space so that astronauts have enough food to get to Mars and back.
Changing weather and planting practices in recent decades have led to increased corn yields, but whether the findings will apply to other crops and regions remains unknown.
Much of the world's farmland is already at risk from palmer amaranth. The threat could spread further north as the climate warms.
Scientists are finding microbes that are good for crops but bad for weeds.
The global demand for seaweed has never been higher, and American farmers are taking notice.