Monitors displaying the stock index prices and Japanese yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tokyo, Japan January 4, 2022./ Reuters Asian stocks fell on Wedne
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01:14 Chinese researchers say they have made "breakthrough" findings of the behavior of rare snow leopards after months of tracking them in northwest China using satell
A hybrid double-cropping rice paddy field yielded over 1.6 tons per mu (about 0.067 hectares) in two growing seasons in one year, hitting a new record, according to CMG
The last time China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi sat down with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was in Anchorage, Alaska. The world remembered that meeting fo
03:06 Agricultural drones are surging in popularity across China's farms. A drone spraying a field with pesticides or fertilizers can cover 1,215 hectares in one day compared with just
Climate change is affecting farming all over the world, and solutions are seldom simple. But if you could plant crops that resisted the heat, cold or drought instead of moving a thousand miles away, w
Crop steering turns growing carrots or cannabis from an art into a science. Indoor growers have long turned to this practice to improve yields, which involves precisely controlling and manipulating th
04:42 The outside looks like a cargo container. The inside looks like a spaceship.Either way, it’s not an ideal farming spot. But it’s where scientists are growing 40 million vegetables
Shoppers visit H&M store at Times Square in New York City, New York, U.S., May 20, 2021. /CFP U.S. consumer sentiment dropped sharply in early August to its lowest level in a decade, in a worr
This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its major sixth assessment report on the physical science of climate change. The details are grim, if getting more precise as better a
Companies developing driver detection technology could get a boost from a provision tucked inside the 2,702-page $1 trillion infrastructure bill that would require automakers to build into new cars te
Cent was founded in 2017 as an ad-free creator network that allows users to offer each other crypto rewards for good posts and comments — it’s like gifting awards on Reddit, but with Ether
There’s not much that thrills us more than a startup competition — and we mean deep down in our bones thrilled. That’s why we’re beyond excited to host the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) Global Finals o
A group of infrastructure investors has proposed one of Australia's biggest-ever buyouts, a A$22.26 billion ($16.7 billion) purchase of Sydney Airport Holdings Pty Ltd,
Bees are absolutely critical to the health of our agricultural system, ecosystem, and overall wellbeing as a species here on Earth. And yet bee populations are decreasing and extinction concerns are g
A poster demanding: "Destroy Swiss Agriculture? Radical plant protection & drinkwater initiatives - 2 x No" is placed in front of a field near Aesch, Switzerland, June 1 2021. /Reuters Swiss v