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'I feel like I'm being exploited': Deliveroo riders seek recognition

Nov 28, 2016 (AFP)

Lunch hour has just started in the north London borough of Camden, which means it's crunch time for Billy Shannon, a fresh-faced food delivery courier. Dressed ...

1.4 bn jobs depend on pollinators: report

Nov 28, 2016 (AFP)

About 1.4 billion jobs and three-quarters of all crops depend on pollinators, researchers said Monday warning of a dire threat to human welfare if the falls in ...

Danish supermarket offers fresh take on expired food

Nov 27, 2016 (AFP)

It may be past its sell-by date, but for many Danes it's a tasty proposition: A supermarket in Copenhagen selling surplus food has proved to be so popular it re...

Which cropping system is best for the environment?

Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)

What is the best cereal cropping system if you look at the big picture and take into account the impacts on global warming, eutrophication, land use in a global...

Writing an equation for soil success

Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)

Soil isn't one size fits all. It may look the same under your feet - but under a microscope, that's a different story. A plant's roots, tiny bugs - these things...

Sweden slaughters 200,000 hens on bird flu fears

Nov 25, 2016 (AFP)

Sweden on Friday said 200,000 chickens were being slaughtered at a farm where bird flu has been detected, following a resurgence in the virus across Europe. Tra...

Riders on the waves: China's jellyfish-hauling mules a dying breed

Nov 22, 2016 (AFP)

With a crack of his whip, Qin Yusheng drives his mules through the ocean surf off the Chinese coast, labouring to bring in the day's catch. For decades, equine-...

Watching how plants make oxygen

Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)

In a new study, an international team of researchers made significant progress in visualizing the process how plants split water to produce oxygen. The results ...

Rice farming used as 'summer crop' by early Indus civilization

Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)

Latest research on archaeological sites of the ancient Indus Civilisation, which stretched across what is now Pakistan and northwest India during the Bronze Age...

Soybean plants with fewer leaves yield more

Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)

Using computer model simulations, scientists have predicted that modern soybean crops produce more leaves than they need to the detriment of yield-- a problem m...

Ancient eggs serve as earliest evidence of turkey domestication

Nov 21, 2016 (UPI)

Analysis of a clutch of turkey eggs in Mexico suggests humans domesticated turkeys as early as 1,500 years ago -- the earliest evidence of turkey domestication ...

DNA study unravels the history of the world's most produced cereal

Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)

Genome sequence of a 5,310-year-old maize cob provides new insights into the early stages of maize domestication. The specimen is important because it dates to ...

Cutting food waste saves money for French supermarkets

Nov 20, 2016 (AFP)

Cutting food waste is an appealing social goal, but experiments in France found that measures to cut the amount of food being thrown out also saved supermarkets...

Precut salad promotes salmonella growth: Study

Nov 18, 2016 (UPI)

Salmonella outbreaks are relatively rare from fresh produce, but the bacteria remains a health risk. New research suggest the risk is greater among precut salad...

Crop yield gets big boost with modified genes in photosynthesis

Nov 18, 2016 (SPX)

Plant biologists have bumped up crop productivity by as much as 20 percent by increasing the amount of light plants use in photosynthesis, a finding that could ...

Another species of Varroa mite threatens European honeybees

Nov 18, 2016 (SPX)

A sister species of the Varroa destructor mite is developing the ability to parasitize European honeybees, threatening pollinators already hard pressed by pesti...

Bacteria discovery offers possible new means of controlling crop pest

Nov 17, 2016 (SPX)

A bacterium common in insects has been discovered in a plant-parasitic roundworm, opening up the possibility of a new, environmentally friendly way of controlli...

Mississippi River could leave farmland stranded

Nov 17, 2016 (SPX)

If the Mississippi River continues to go unchecked, the farmland on Dogtooth Bend peninsula may be only accessible by boat. According to a University of Illinoi...

Early evidence of dairying discovered

Nov 16, 2016 (SPX)

A team of scientists and archaeologists have discovered widespread evidence of prehistoric milk production in southern Europe. The study, a collaboration betwee...

Study finds limited sign of soil adaptation to climate warming

Nov 16, 2016 (SPX)

While scientists and policy experts debate the impacts of global warming, the Earth's soil is releasing roughly nine times more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere...