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Nature
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Discover the sophisticated underground agriculture of these ants, who build complex cities and manage fungal farms with astonishing precision.
Nature
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Discover how plants emit imperceptible stress sounds to alert other species and their neighbors, revealing an unexpected communication network.
Nature
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These underground engineers mastered agriculture millions of years before humans, building complex subterranean cities for their food.
Nature
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This desert "phoenix" can survive decades without water, curling into a dry ball and coming back to life with the first drop.
Nature
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Long before humans invented agriculture, these tiny creatures were already cultivating their own food with astonishing sophistication.
Science and technology
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A bacterium gave us the key to editing genes with unprecedented precision, opening a universe of possibilities in medicine and biotechnology.
Nature
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A study shows that specific sound waves can boost leaf energy efficiency, revolutionizing urban agriculture.
Science and technology
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Recent research reveals that droughts cause imperceptible sounds in trees, opening a new frontier in plant communication.
Science and technology
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Imagine a food that needs no soil, water, or sunlight to grow, just electricity and the carbon dioxide we exhale. Scient...
Science and technology
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A team of biophysicists from Tel Aviv University achieved an unprecedented milestone in 2023: recording the subtle sound...
Science and technology
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The future of space colonization could depend on autonomous systems capable of maintaining closed ecosystems for food production in extreme environments.
Animals
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A study published in the journal Science in 2023 revealed that plants, such as tobacco and tomato, emit high-frequency u...