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Fertilizers were used 8,000 years ago
Archeology

Fertilizers were used 8,000 years ago

During the Stone Age around 6,000 years BC, farmers knew how to use cattle manure such as cows, sheep, goats and pigs as a slow-release fertilizer for plants.

December 17, 2018
Detecting strange soil tissue
Archeology

Detecting strange soil tissue

Artificial soil that looks like an eel, a vulture or a duck discovered in North America may be evidence that ancient people rely on astronomy to cultivate crops. Accordi…

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
NASA's plan to plant potatoes on Mars
Space science

NASA's plan to plant potatoes on Mars

According to the Mirror, NASA is trying to grow a viable vegetable in climatic conditions in Mars before putting people on the Red planet in a 10-year mission.

December 17, 2018
Do you know how indoor plants move in a day?
Biology

Do you know how indoor plants move in a day?

The plant is like a human being, in the daytime reaching out to catch the dawn and in the evening shrinking to sleep. You may not believe after viewing the following tim…

December 17, 2018
British scientists try to revive the pasture land
Biology

British scientists try to revive the pasture land

The study, published in the latest issue of Digital Ecology, found that the characteristics or characteristics of plants play an important role in regenerating soil fert…

December 17, 2018