Director Mohammad Rasoulof knew his clandestine shooting of 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' in Iran could have led to an ...

As the human population increases and protein demand doubles, modern plant breeders must further optimize soybean plant ...

We spend most of the hour with Simon Parkin, author of "The Forbidden Garden: The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and their Impossible Choice." The book tells the extraordinary and true story of the ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway holds millions of seeds from thousands of species of agricultural plants, but this ...

Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, ...

Studies suggest that plant species are going extinct at approximately 500 times the natural or background rate of extinction.

China’s advanced manufacturing allows it to mass-produce effective naval mines, posing a serious threat to U.S. Navy ...

Wake Forest, the No. 1 overall seed in the 2023 NCAA tournament, matched up with five-seed LSU in the Men's College World Series semifinals. The Tigers and Demon Deacons were the only two teams to ...

In 2008, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was inaugurated on the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen. It is intended to be a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity. More than 100 metres below ...

An Arctic seed vault on Norway’s Spitsbergen island has received new samples from the largest number of depositors since 2020 ...

"Gene banks are ramping up efforts to back-up seed collections, and we are proud to support them by providing a safe haven in Svalbard." The Svalbard vault, which was opened in 2008 as a backup ...

Kamala Harris' resounding loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 election means many things to different people, including the fact ...