Business

Sustainable cotton: a need for investment

There's an awful lot of cotton. Labour, or alternatively expensive automation is a huge burden for those Chinese farmers who remain. In all countries growing cotton, great numbers of migratory...

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Pig farming improves its image (worldwide)

The breeds of pig that have developed from ancient wild boar lineages ae weird and wonderful. This woolly example is the Hungarian Mangalica pig, well adapted to outdoor breeding -...

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Transformers, but with your house!

A former ministry in The Hague was the site for a celebratory balloon release on September 29th – in the form of a house; Balloon house image; Credit: © Energiesprong...

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Cotton growers need help

The cotton plant is usually disregarded, but the 90% of farmers who produce or ital. crop in the developing world don't see it that way. They need water desperately to...

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A fly in your ear!

This Ectophasia fly and other Tachinids are parasitic on many types of insect Just as the Ormia fly here attacks only crickets ; Fly image; Credit: © Shutterstock Parasitic flies...

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Ghosting human function: the robot future

The guide dog or seeing-eye dog is also used for many other types of handicapped people. Can the wet nose be replaced with a robot that doesn't have a short...

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A titan of many varied businesses

Not a pretty or an uncommon sight. Rutile is the common source of titanium, now becoming much more valuable if you are an investor. Either way you should be in...

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The end of elephants?

African tourism to see the families of elephants intact, or trekking with elephants in Northern Thailand would seem a much preferable habit for people of any nation, rather than collecting...

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