The cannabis industry in Utah spent over 100 years underground, and unsurprisingly Park City’s own history is riddled with the illegal use and sale of marijuana products. Banned in Utah in 1915, overwhelming public support brought full-THC cannabis back to the state’s legal sphere as medicine in 2018 with the passing of the Utah Medical…
The link between proximity to greenspace — including trees and parks— and healthy birth outcomes is well established. Now new data from researchers at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health adds to our understanding of these health benefits, accounting for other factors that may influence this link, such as education, income and body mass…
Researchers at a recent conference in Italy presented a tool that integrates satellite data to combat and prevent olive fruit fly infestations in the face of climate change. The tool combines satellite observations, biological modeling, and open-source geographic information to provide strategic analysis in agricultural management and inform policymakers on reshaping pest control strategies. The project, funded…
DAVID TURNBULL continues his series of profiles of Canberrans with a story. This week the focus is on two scientists striving to do amazing things with digital data. Science has changed. Ten years ago, you could study botany at university and emerge with a degree that’d set you up for a career. But those days…
Strategic use of solar arrays could provide financial boost, help farmers continue producing crops and even save water As farmers debate whether fields should be used for agriculture or solar panels, new research from Michigan State University says the answer could be both. Jake Stid, a graduate student in the College of Natural Science Hydrogeology Lab, analyzed…
Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why? Agricultural intensification tops the list of proposed reasons, but there are many other, interconnected drivers that have an impact, according to new research led by Binghamton University, State University of New York. Research on insect decline has surged in recent years, sparked by an alarming…
Looking to corn “There is a lot of opportunity with zein, which is a family of proteins in corn that forms a beautiful film to make biodegradable plastics, and it’s a little bit more expensive, but we hope that will be hitting the market soon as well,” said Sun Ferreira, a co-author of the study…
The municipalities of Mytilene and Western Lesbos on the eastern Aegean Island of Lesbos have been declared in a state of emergency for one month due to a dramatic decline in water reserves. The decision aims to bypass red tape causing delays, expedite much-needed measures and infrastructure projects, and address the water shortage. A detailed…
Farmers apply nitrogen fertilizers to crops to boost yields, feeding more people and livestock. But when there’s more fertilizer than the crop can take up, some of the excess can be converted into gaseous forms, including nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that traps nearly 300 times as much heat in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide….
From ancient Greek sapphism to the lesbian renaissance, this is how one word endured the centuries Over 2500 years ago, on an island cradled between Greece and Turkey, a poet called Sappho was born. Alcaeus, her countryman and contemporary, described her as “violet-haired, pure, honey-smiling”, Philodemus of Gadara as “the tenth Muse”, and Socrates as…