Using DNA collected from corn grown by immigrant farmers in Los Angeles and Riverside, researchers at UC Riverside have found the genetic diversity of corn in some home and community gardens in ...

Independent game studio Human Computer, a collaborative creative powerhouse, has raised $5.7M in a seed round led by Makers Fund. a16z and former Airbnb COO Belinda Johnson have also invested in the ...

Over the past three millennia, selective breeding has dramatically widened the array of plant domestication traits. However, a close look at the archaeobotanical record illustrates a similar suite of ...

Seeds in Madagascar’s forests are getting smaller, and new research published in Ecology Letters suggests that human activities are playing a role in this shift. Researchers from the German Centre for ...

Oregon State University scientists have sequenced the chia genome and in doing so provided a blueprint for future research that capitalizes on the nutritional and human health benefits of the plant.

“How is it going to change the way we as humans talk to each other?” communications professor Jeff Hancock asked of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated messages on services like Facebook’s ...

For the first time, scientists have documented the rate of evolution of seed coat thinning, a major marker of crop domestication, from archaeological remains. Scientists from UCL have used the UK's ...

Researchers have strengthened the case that certain medical procedures can transfer amyloid pathology between people. John Collinge and Sebastian Brandner at University College London previously ...

When debating the possible benefits or drawbacks of farming with genetically modified seeds, a popular narrative touted by the agriculture industry, experts, and the mainstream media has been that ...