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How do bacteria help and harm crops?

Futurum

Thus, it is imperative to develop innovative strategies to control BPB based on better knowledge of the rice-bacteria interactions underlying it.” And I hope my research on beneficial bacteria will provide insights for the development of innovative disease management strategies for rice and soybean diseases.”

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Best STEM Summer Camps in Houston 2024

The Maker Mom

Houston has numerous innovative tech, agricultural, and aerospace research centers, so it’s a great place for STEM camps. Houston Museum of Natural Science The Houston Museum of Natural Science receives children ages 6-12 for week-long science camps. Visit our other Austin STEM camps page.

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Supporting small farms: how protecting local farms can protect local communities

Futurum

Supporting small farms: how protecting local farms can protect local communities Published: Small farms make up more than a half of the agricultural land in the US and produce just over a fifth of the country’s agricultural produce. Despite appearances, the vast majority of the food in our supermarkets started out in the dirt.

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

Futurum

Ian’s team has a vision of building a ‘bio-based economy’ in Australia, focusing on ways to improve agriculture and waste processing through the creation of unique microbes. “This might be producing high-value substances like biofuels, fertilisers or plastic precursors.”

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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

What if the innovations and discoveries just don’t matter, say to us humans? Well, we have natural language—probably the single most important innovation in the history of our species. And what natural language fundamentally does is to allow us to talk about things at a “human level”. What if nobody cares?

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Urban farming for urban families

Futurum

The 15th Street Farm NEP teaches its students about the links between agriculture, nutrition and wellness. This is critically important in light of modernisation and the disconnect between humans and the natural world.” What do students learn? Soil and plant health are interconnected with human health and well-being,” says David.