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What did people in stone age eat?
Archeology

What did people in stone age eat?

Evidence from the vessels found around the Baltic Sea region in northern Europe shows that farmers in the early stages of the Neolithic period continued to process foods…

December 17, 2018
Sung - the oldest agricultural crop of mankind?
Archeology

Sung - the oldest agricultural crop of mankind?

Israeli researchers have discovered figs that range from 11,400 years in the Gilgal region north of the city of Jericho in the Middle East. These figs may have been drie…

December 17, 2018
Nitrate - Danger of fertilizer abuse
Biology

Nitrate - Danger of fertilizer abuse

Using too much fertilizer, especially nitrogen fertilizer in cultivation leads to excessive nitrate (NO3) and dangerous to consumers' health, scientists warn.

December 17, 2018
What do we learn from Jewish farmers?
Biology

What do we learn from Jewish farmers?

Israel is a small country in the Middle East with extremely harsh natural conditions, a traumatic history, but has risen to become one of the most powerful nations in th…

December 17, 2018