BioTechnology Beyond The Medical SectorMost of the attention in the BioTechnology sector is directed toward medicine and pharmaceuticals. The reasons are rather obvious: Biotechnologies can potentially...
Creating New Food CropsSince the dawn of agriculture, mankind has turned wild weeds into domesticated crops, which have higher nutritional content, better taste, are easier to...
Hornet Invasion“Murder” hornets, also known as Asian hornets, yellow-legged hornets, Asian predatory wasps, or by their scientific name Vespa Velutina, are an invasive species that prey...
Mushrooms Mycelium To Replace MeatMany recent efforts have been made to cultivate meat in labs to reduce the ecological and climate consequences of raising cattle. However,...
A New Type Of Space ExplorationAfter several decades of stagnation following the Moon landing, a new space race is heating up. The trigger was SpaceX’s extraordinary...
A New Type Of Farming – Indoor AgricultureDamage to topsoil, drought, and the overuse of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides, combined with a growing global population, are...
What Is Aeroponics?Aeroponics is a cultivation method that grows plants without any soil. It is part of the broader “soil-less” cultivation methods, which also include hydroponics...
What Is AquaponicsAquaponics is a cultivation method that grows plants in combination with aquaculture, or the raising of aquatic animals like fishes and eventually crayfish, snails,...
What Is HydroponicsHydroponics is a cultivation method that grows plants in water instead of soil. It is part of the broader “soil-less” cultivation methods, which include...
The Growing Distance From Farms.With a rural exodus induced by industrialization, many people continue to move into city centers. In doing so, they sever the links...
Agriculture as a practice has existed for as long as human civilization. Throughout this time, new technologies have periodically enriched it. As a result, agriculture has...
A Hidden WorldFor a long time, biological sciences were exclusively focused on the “main” organism itself, be it a human body or a stalk of maize....
The Next Agricultural RevolutionFarming is as old as human civilization. And for the longest time, it has been done without controlling most factors, like rainfall, temperature,...
Unsustainable AbundanceOne great comfort of modern life is the possibility of getting fresh produce directly from the supermarket anytime. Fresh produce is directly waiting for us...
Land being a finite resource and the global food demand always being on an ascending curve, agri-technologists have always kept looking for ways to cultivate that...