2+ hour, 10+ min ago   (70+ words) Peppers are among the world’s most valuable vegetable crops, prized for their culinary versatility, vibrant pigments, and nutritional content, yet they remain dangerously vulnerable to cold. Even brief exposure to chilling temperatures can disrupt membrane integrity, suppress photosynthesis, and throw…...

3+ hour, 43+ min ago   (55+ words) Scientists in Indonesia have combined cutting-edge analytical chemistry with an urgent global problem in a study of a humble tropical shrub that villagers have relied on for generations. The plant, Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, known widely as rose myrtle, is a pink-flowered…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago   (690+ words) Food sits at the center of nearly every major challenge facing humanity, from climate change and biodiversity loss to public health and social equity. It is also, perhaps uniquely among scientific domains, a subject of constant, passionate public dispute....

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (221+ words) Parks Associates has published research from its AI Experience Consumer Insights Dashboard showing 63 per cent of US internet households now use AI tools, up from 51 per cent in 2025. In addition, paid users of AI tools report higher Net Promoter Scores…...

9+ hour, 3+ min ago   (592+ words) Cassava, the starchy tropical root that feeds hundreds of millions of people across Latin America, Africa and Asia, has long been celebrated for its toughness. It grows in poor soils, shrugs off drought, and keeps producing even when other crops…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (548+ words) Persephone's Synbiotic Range for Infants and Toddliers Thousands of U.S. children have taken Bloom and Thrive since their commercial launch one year ago. Bloom and Thrive were designed to put back key beneficial bacteria found to be missing from the developing…...

16+ hour, 12+ min ago   (134+ words) Choosing what orbit to put a satellite in always comes with trade-offs. When it comes to Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), between 100-450 km, there are distinct advantages. Remote sensing cameras can take better pictures, comms and radar require less power,…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1335+ words) Whether you want to promote a strong immune system or boost good gut bacteria, you may want to check out these kid-friendly probiotics. While probiotics are often touted as potentially beneficial for adults, some research shows they may benefit children....

12+ hour, 19+ min ago   (747+ words) Aquaculture now supplies more than half of the seafood consumed worldwide, yet the industry still struggles with one of biology’s oldest problems: controlling when and how farmed animals reproduce....

17+ hour, 23+ min ago   (607+ words) Listening for schizophrenia: how AI can help with early diagnosis The speech of people with schizophrenia sounds subtly different from their healthy counterparts. Can AI hear those differences better than human psychiatrists? By Astrid Landon & Knowable Magazine “We have the…...