Three new Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) funded research projects are developing tools to help farmers protect British Columbia’s valuable crops. These projects share a common goal: to improve ...

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The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to ...

Somewhere in kitchens across America, people are reaching for the same sprig of rosemary they always do. They press it into lamb, strip it over roasted potatoes, drop a branch into olive oil. It ...

According to researchers at Imperial College London, humans shed around 200 million skin cells each hour—and they have to go ...

European and US companies continued to sell pesticides abroad years after they were banned at home. Our reporter traveled to ...

When we think of growing vegetables, we're often focused on the time it takes to get from planting to harvest, rather than on the case of fruit trees, how long the plant might last. Whether it's in a ...

Sweet potato, or ‘uala, was among the earliest food crops brought to the Hawaiian islands by Polynesian voyagers. While it is well-suited to the warm, temperate climate, cultivating the plant is not ...

About 9% of men of reproductive age in the United States experience fertility problems. One of the many causes of male ...

You may already be familiar with the gardening hack that encourages watering your plants with potato water. The theory behind it is simple: when potatoes are boiled, some of their water-soluble ...