The Zambian agri-tech app making farming cool
In Zambia, where agriculture accounts for 35% of the country’s GDP, farming is a way of life. One agri-tech company is bringing the future to Zambian farms. Agripredict, led by young founder and CEO
In Zambia, where agriculture accounts for 35% of the country’s GDP, farming is a way of life. One agri-tech company is bringing the future to Zambian farms. Agripredict, led by young founder and CEO
An unmanned US Falcon-9 rocket booster despatched 11 communications satellites before successfully landing in an upright position at Cape Canaveral. It is the first time an unmanned rocket has returned
Countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO) have agreed to abolish subsidies on farming exports. Developed countries agreed to stop the subsidies immediately and developing nations must follow by
The government should launch a field trial of genetically modified insects, according to a House of Lords report. The Lords Science and Technology Committee says GM could make insects unable to transmit
The study is based on a century's worth of observational data drawn from 100 river basins across the world. It reveals a significant increase in the water being "lost" to the atmosphere as a direct
Could putting vibrations into the ground be a way to keep elephants from coming into conflict with humans? Already, attempts have been made to scare the animals away from villages using their own very
An effective vaccine to protect against the Mers virus is a step closer, a report in the journal Science suggests. European scientists genetically modified a version of the smallpox vaccine to display
The birds that helped Charles Darwin refine his theory of evolution are in danger of going extinct, according to a new study. Finches in the Galapagos Islands are being threatened by a parasitic fly that
Pearl mussels may be extinct from several rivers in Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has warned. A new survey commissioned by SNH suggests 114 Scottish watercourses support populations of one
The impacts stemming from the big earthquakes that struck Nepal earlier this year could have been much, much worse, say scientists. An international team has just published a review of the events, showing
The gatekeeper, one of the UK's most abundant butterflies, has declined by 40% in the past decade More than three-quarters of the UK's butterflies have declined in the past 40 years, according to a report