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The Key to Feeding the World? It’s Healthy Soil by David R. Montgomery — YES! Magazine
Conventional farming practices that degrade soil health undermine humanity’s ability to continue feeding everyone over the long run.
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Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious?
Because of soil depletion, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today
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5 Ways Henrietta Lacks Changed Medical Science
The controversial history of her “immortal” cells will be the subject of an HBO movie
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Your Cells. Their Research. Your Permission?
Tissues from millions of Americans are used in research without their knowledge. These “clinical biospecimens” are leftovers from blood tests, biopsies and surgeries.
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| Earth Optimism Summit | Smithsonian Conservation Commons
When only a handful of individuals remain, you might think all is lost. Yet scientists have used their ingenuity to save species even when the situation is beyond dire, as these stories of horses, California condors and other species illustrate.
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Experts warn 800 species, many endangered, affected by border wall
Mexico is home to 10 percent of all land species known to science, many of which are shared across North America.
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Antarctica’s Sleeping Ice Giant Could Wake Soon
The massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet looks stable from above—but it’s a dangerously different story below
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On a Mission: Restoration to Return NASA Mission Control Room to Apollo Glory
A new initiative will restore NASA’s Mission Control at Johnson Space Center in Houston, bringing it back to its appearance during the Apollo days.
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The Swashbuckling History of Women Pirates
When women roamed the high seas in search of fortune, freedom, and sometimes revenge
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How Ants Became the World’s Best Fungus Farmers
Ancient climate change may have spurred a revolution in ant agriculture, Smithsonian researchers find
