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Magpies recruited to safeguard vineyards from grape-eating birds
A simple perch attracts magpies to vineyards, and their presence deters starlings and thrushes from munching on the fruit
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Strongest evidence yet that neonicotinoids are killing bees
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Tree-climbing goats spit out and disperse valuable argan seeds
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East Africa’s drought threatens iconic wildebeest migration
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Hundreds of newly-discovered plants may yield new crops or drugs
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Mice lived with us 15,000 years ago even before farming took off
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7 foods you should avoid to help feed the world
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Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould
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Brighter sky helped boost US crop yields – but it may not last
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A loaf of bread emits half a kilo of CO2, mainly from fertiliser
Fertiliser use accounts for 40 per cent of greenhouse gases emitted to make bread, and bread production accounts for half a per cent of all UK emissions
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Morphing drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a plane
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Emergency clause lets European countries beat bee pesticide ban
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Flies are spreading antibiotic resistance from farms to people
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Gene-silencing spray lets us modify plants without changing DNA
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