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How Do You Keep Elephants From Eating Your Food?

I always thought elephants were afraid of mice. But scientists and farmers in Kenya have found that the best way fend off a herd of passing elephants is to erect a fence covered in bees. Talk about creative.

April 13, 2011
Science

Forget The Sun, LEDs Are The Future Of Farming

What if 20 years from now, major agriculturial business didn’t depend on large swaths of farmland, favourable weather and sunlight? What if they just occupied LED-lit buildings set to a precise temperature and humidity? In the Netherlands, it’s already happening.

September 25, 2010
Science

How Did One Man Contaminate Half A Billion Eggs?

A single man – poultry tycoon Austin J. DeCoster – was responsible for this year’s salmonella outbreak that sickened almost 2000 people across 22 US states and forced a recall of half a billion eggs. How did it get to this point?

August 27, 2010
Geek Out

Naked Redneck Throws Himself In A Hay Baler

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I’ve been reading about hay-balers for the last 10 minutes to get some idea of whether this video is real or not. And it’s probably not. But it’s still nude redneck adventure of the first order.

August 28, 2009

This Little Guy Might Grow Your Tomatoes On Mars

The solar irradiance on Mars is about half that we have on Earth, making it that much harder to sustain plant life. In other words, we’re gonna need some robots.

May 12, 2009
Geek Out

Japanese Find Out How to Make Heart-Shaped Watermelons

Having mastered the art of making square watermelons and even pyramid watermelons, Japanese farmers turned to making heart-shaped watermelons.

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