A cheap lens, flashlight and a little plastic wrap can turn a smart phone into a field microscope to test children for intestinal worms, researchers reported on Monday. Microscopes are scarce in the ...

What comes out of the tail end of worms appears to be very good for crops. On small farms and in gardens around the world, a legless invertebrate has been quietly helping crops grow — simply by eating ...

SALT LAKE CITY – An entrepreneurial student who turns worm poop into organic fertilizer targeted for marijuana growers is generating buzz and earning accolades. Joseph Walker, who’s studying at ...

Joseph Walker says he’s killed his weight in worms. But after a dozen tries, Walker believes he’s come up with an effective process for encouraging worms to eat — and more important, to poop — and ...

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I first learned about ‘in situ’ worm communities several years ago in fruit orchards. Farmers were using a combination of in-orchard and in-ground vermiculture (cultivating/farming of worms) and ...

LIVE IN MULDROW ... AND SHOWS US HOW THE WORMS WORK. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERYDAY, BUT WHAT USED TO BE A SKATING RINK HERE IN MULDROW IS NOW HOME TO MILLIONS OF WORMS WHO COULD SOON BE TURNING ...