China’s newly identified D-rex fungus grows nearly two feet tall, weighs almost five pounds, and belongs to a fungal family dating back 65 million years.
D-rex Is a Five-Pound Fungus With a Family Tree Older Than Humanity
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Canada’s $750M vertical farming bet faces a harsh sustainability check
Canada’s new $750M food security strategy leans on vertical farming, but energy, cost and crop limits show the high-tech plant stacks aren’t a silver bullet.
Chlorothalonil Fungicide Linked to Severe in Insect Fertility, Raising Fears of Global Insect Collapse.
Alarming research from Macquarie University has revealed that chlorothalonil, one of the world’s most widely used agricultural fungicides, can drastically reduce the fertility of beneficial insects—even at concentrations commonly found on supermarket produce. The findings raise urgent concerns about the chemical’s role in accelerating the ongoing decline of insect populations worldwide, a phenomenon some scientists…
National Geographic to open new Museum of Exploration in Washington DC
Today, the National Geographic Society unveiled the National Geographic Museum of Exploration, a sustainable, must-see destination within its reinvented campus in central Washington, D.C.
Plant trees to combat climate change, they said. They’ll be good for the environment, they said. What could possibly go wrong?
Actually, something could go wrong, according to a new study. Oaks and sweetgums, which currently make up most of New York City’s trees, produce large amounts of volatile compounds called isoprenes.
Promising new method to clean up “forever chemicals”.
Researchers at Ritsumeikan University have a new method to break down PFASs at room temperature.
National Geographic introduces WonderLab – a one-of-a-kind studio space to capture photographs of our tiny invisible worlds.
Anand Varma, a biologist by training and now a well-known photographer, has established WonderLab in Berkeley, California. WonderLab is a physical space where Varma will explore and develop innovative storytelling techniques. Through his work, Varma aims to create images and videos that challenge our understanding of the hidden world. You can learn more about Anand…
Want to grow supertrees? Grab a handful of dark earth from the Amazon forest.
A type of soil called terra preta da Amazônia, or Amazon dark earth (ADE), promotes faster growth of trees and enhances their development in qualitative terms, according to an article published in the journal Frontiers in Soil Science.
Those wily Penn State researchers just got a $1M award to grow cannabis sativa (aka marijuana) for the production of, ahem, rope and “green building materials”.
A wily team of researchers from different fields at Penn State has received $1 million from the National Science Foundation’s Engines Development Award. They are working on a project to create the Pennsylvania Industrial Hemp Engine (PAIHE).
The largest waterfall in the world is nearly 2 miles high and found underwater. Called the Denmark Strait Cataract, it moves so much water, it shapes global weather.
The biggest waterfall in the world is underwater. It’s located in the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland. It moves three million cubic meters per second, enough to shape global weather.
