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Food & Agriculture Books

The Psychobiotic Revolution
by Scott C Anderson, John F. Cryan Ph.D, and Ted Dinan M.D. Ph.D
Review
The Cabaret of Plants: Botany and the Imagination
by Richard Mabey
Review
Triumph of Seeds
by Thor Hanson
Review
Another Person’s Poison: A History of Food Allergy
by Matthew Smith
Review
Sustainability: A History
by Jeremy L. Caradonna
Review
Marine Community Ecology and Conservation
by Mark D. Bertness, John F. Bruno, Brian R. Silliman, and John J. Stachowicz
Review
Dodging Extinction: Power, Food, Money, and the Future of Life on Earth
by Anthony D. Barnosky
Review
Big Ratchet
by Ruth DeFries
Review
Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat
by Philip Lymbery
Review
Proof: The Science of Booze
by Adam Rogers
Review
Grass, Soil, Hope: A Journey Through Carbon Country
by Courtney White
Review
The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet
by Kristin Ohlson
Review
Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot
by Peter Crane
Review
The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees: A Scientific Mystery
by Sandra Markle
Review
Breaking New Ground: A Personal History
by Lester R Brown
Review
The Biobased Economy: Biofuels, Materials and Chemicals in the Post-oil Era
by Hans Langeveld, Johan Sanders, and Marieke Meeusen
The Kingdom of Fungi
by Jens H. Petersen
Review
Fungal Biology in the Origin and Emergence of Life
by David Moore
Review
Consumed: Food for a Finite Planet
by Sarah Elton
Review
Denying Science: Conspiracy Theories, Media Distortions, and the War Against Reality
by John Grant
Review
Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa
by Robert Paarlberg
Review
Seeds: Time Capsules of Life
by Wolfgang Stuppy and Rob Kesseler
Review
Biotechnology for Beginners
by Reinhard Renneberg
Review
Diapause in Aquatic Invertebrates: Theory and Human Use
by Victor R. Alekseev, Bart De Stasio, and John J. Gilbert
Review
What a Plant Knows
by Daniel Chamovitz
Review

Articles

Two major crop scourges are hybridizing to produce a new mega-pest
Involving undergraduates in genomics research to narrow the education–research gap
Promising peanut allergy vaccine misdirects the immune system
Nanoparticles in food packaging could be reducing our ability to absorb nutrients
Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef
Rev Up Photosynthesis To Boost Crop Yields
Genes and backgrounds matter most to exam results
Exclusive: Alphabet X is exploring new ways to use AI in food production
Banana waste product makes for slower-melting ice cream
Kids are starting to picture scientists as women
Smoked foods rendered healthier and tastier using car filter
Crops successfully engineered to need 25 percent less water
AI Detects Papaya Ripeness
Drowned in sound: how listening to music hinders learning
Why Do Fishing Vessels ‘Go Dark’ In Certain Regions of the Ocean?
The Nexus Linking IBM, California Wine, and Climate Modeling
Spraying herbicides changes the flavour and nutritional value of crops
Unchecked Global Warming Would Have “Catastrophic” Effect on Global Fisheries
Garden-variety graphene gets to work as a slow-release fertilizer
Improved understanding of apprenticeships could unlock engineering talent
All in the genes: Food fit for a warming world
Small-scale fisheries are throwing away fish that could feed those in poverty
Countries with greater gender equality have a lower percentage of female STEM graduates
Chemicals in Non-Stick Pans May Contribute to Weight Gain
Tobacco farms transformed into solar farms could benefit all, study suggests
We opened up all our data on coral reefs – more scientists should do the same to protect habitats
Gassy farm soils are a shockingly large source of these air pollutants
How to turn astronaut waste into food
In rural England, a fleet of drones monitors and harvests crops
UCL to launch open-access megajournal
Ballistic missile Hawaii: mobile alert systems need updating for threat warnings
California’s Illegal Pot Farms Are Exposing Owls to Rat Poison, Finds New Study
NASA-inspired “speed breeding” boosts wheat production threefold
Graphene ‘tattoos’ for plants enable real-time farming data
Data doesn’t lie: tech firms need to hire more women to succeed
Metal-organic frameworks scrutinized for reproducibility
Start-up training program opens to all
Nutrition Guidelines Healthy for the Planet, Too
New tech uses lasers to check if ground beef has got guts
Blockchain beefs up security against food fraud
Magnetic nanoparticles carry DNA into flowering plants
Unwanted tofu whey becomes a sweet alcoholic drink
Engineering’s reputation damaged by outdated ‘white male’ stereotype, says IET
Plant spies: DARPA’s plan to create organic surveillance sensors
How Dirt Can Clean the Air
Groundbreaking innovations and exceptional engineers honoured at IET Innovation Awards
Space Salad: Astronauts Harvest 3 Different Crops and Try New Gardening Tech
Laser bird deterrent increases crop revenue by 33%
Scientists Created Low-Fat Pigs by Editing Their Genes With CRISPR
Micro solutions for a macro problem: How marine algae could help feed the world