, science director at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. He points to bananas as an example: Panama disease, a seemingly incurable fungal infection, threatens the existence of the Cavendish, the variety that dominates the global banana trade. “Yet the disease does not affect crops in Africa and southeast Asia, where Indigenous and local communities grow hundreds of varieties that are naturally resistant to it,” notes Antonelli.
’s Artemis programme is introducing, and space toilets that those who sit to pee can use more easily. is also working with other space agencies to study how radiation affects women’s bodies. These innovations will open exploration up for people with “any body type different from the test-pilot physique idealized by
’s first astronauts”, writes journalist Monica Hesse.
Just to be clear; Bees do not need a vaccine. You cannot vaccinate against paracites and pesticides. And judging by the latest efforts in creating a vaccine targeting Covid, the result is most likely catastrophic. And btw, colony collapse disorder turned out to be a hoax.