Environment

Medicinal plants constitute a vast, undocumented and overexploited economic resource and they are the principle health care resource for the majority of the tribes. Among these Asparagus racemosus…

Is there a pill that might inoculate us from smog? Is there a gene we can target that would make us resistant to resurgent infectious diseases? And is there a way to use genetic data to insulate new…

In Australia this week a crucial battle begins to combat every Australian farmer’s nightmare, the worst locust plague in 40 years. There is a $100 million national campaign in Australia to prevent a…

Large interest groups get medicinal plants collected from the fields and thus they endanger the plant species in natural conditions and many medicinal plants have come in the category of endangered…

This week is World Water Week. The big event takes place in Stockholm Sweden where Stockholm International Water Institute SIWI is organizing this yearly event. The World Water Week is an unique…

I have railed against this particular form of lawn care hokum ever since I first heard about it, but I think I might have narrowed down it's origin. The story goes like this. Rumors float around the…

While proponents of organic farming insist it can meet population projections and is better for wildlife, scientists at the Universities of Leeds and York say instead a balanced approach is superior…

Most fashion students keep finished designs in a wardrobe but Emily Crane has to use a freezer.   Unlike the stereotypical fashion designer, Crane is more likely to be found in a lab coat and…

Soil has limited potential in terms of productivity and nutrient cycle regulation. Drinking water on the earth is limited. Excessive agriculture destroys soil structure and reduces chemical balance…

What Morrow plots showed to the world in 1876 and still being maintained as the historical site the world has forgotten. During my visit to UIUC to Professor Jack Widholm the pioneer scientist in…