May 14, 2018
21 February 2017 – I flew back to the UK after a few months in Nepal. I decided to return...
Feb 20, 2018
Indoor farms produce a range of products, but most don’t grow staple crops. It’s especially puzzling given that staple crops,...
Jan 18, 2018
In our aim to beat world hunger, we face grand challenges to grow more food. But technology is helping us...
Dec 21, 2017
Let’s start off by clearing a longstanding myth – no, bacteria don’t outnumber human cells by a 10-fold in the...
Dec 10, 2017
Plants are very much different to us, yet we share many things with them including our planet. The similarities between...
Oct 05, 2017
Moss 2016 : amidst a packed midsession at the annual conference for molecular bryologists, a sample of moss was passed around the...
Sep 14, 2017
Agriculture takes up approximately 38% of the total land on earth. This figure has been relatively stable since a rapid...
Aug 03, 2017
I finished my PhD a few years ago. And to do this, I had a write an incredibly long document...
Jul 27, 2017
Tobacco and cigarettes are bad. Most people would agree with this statement, even in a world full of different opinions....
May 27, 2017
Plants are great producers – they’re the source of food for many of earth’s animals, insects and microbes. As autotrophic ,...