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Using Evergreen Agriculture, Rhoda Mang’yana grows maize near Faidherbia trees to improve crop yields and soil fertility on her farm. (Credit: Jim Richardson)

Feed the Soil, Feed the Crops

Organic farming methods add nutrients, boost yields More

Book by Sir Gordon Conway examines world hunger and its remedies.

Can We Feed the World?

New book recommends ways to meet food security demands More

Workers pose for a photograph on the wing of NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, with the space shuttle Endeavour mated on top, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, September 18, 2012.

Space Shuttle Endeavour Begins Final Mission

NASA's retired shuttle is on three-day journey to California Science Center in Los Angeles that includes route through public, urban streets More

Afar community animal health worker describing the appearance and characteristics of rinderpest in cattle. (Credit: Jeffrey Mariner)

Pastoralists Play Major Role in Rinderpest End

Disease had decimated cattle in Africa More

A red ribbon, the symbol of the worldwide campaign against AIDS.

Scientists Seek HIV Vaccine Using Monkey Model

Proposed vaccine would trigger T cell response More

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Mars Rover Preparing for First Major Drive

Curiosity to undergo final round of mechanical checks Thursday before making its first lengthy drive across surface of Red Planet

An undated screen shot shows a scene of the game EVE. (AP Photo)

Death of US Diplomat Shakes Online Gamers

The killing of a US diplomat in Libya has shaken the Internet-based gaming world, where he was a prominent member of the EVE Online community

Apple CEO Tim Cook at the unveiling of iPhone 5, San Francisco, Sept. 12, 2012.

Apple Unveils New iPhone 5

Company is seeking to regain lead in smartphone sales it lost earlier this year to South Korean-based Samsung

This image from two instruments aboard NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor, depicts an orbital view of the north polar region of Mars. New findings from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed subsurface geology in this region.

NASA Finds 'Dry Ice' Snowfalls on Mars

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter gathers evidence that Red Planet has snow clouds comprised of frozen carbon dioxide

Aspen, the most widespread tree in North America, is suffering from what scientists call sudden drought-induced death from climate change. (Credit: Kimberly Pham)

Tree Deaths Linked to Climate Change

Forest loss could trigger transition to different ecosystem

An example of bioluminescence: light emitted from a deep sea brittle star (Credit: Sonke Johnsen)

Sea Life Color Codes Food for Survival

Deep ocean creatures have color vision which combines sensitivity to blue and ultraviolet light

A tiger’s eyes glow during the night on the same foot paths and roads humans use during the day to collect wood and grasses. (Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University)

To Avoid Humans, Tigers Take Night Shift

Study results could trigger conservation management changes

Workshop on developing climate-smart crops for a 2030 world. December 6-8 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (CGIAR)

East African Farmers Plant Seeds of Innovation

New methods help ensure food security, climate change mitigation

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Vietnamese-American Doctor Helps Rebuild Bodies, Lives

As plastic surgeon, Dr. Tue An Dinh often operates on patients who have been disfigured or medically compromised by accidents or even by other medical procedures

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