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The Economist
The Economist
29 Jan 2025


NextImg:Heritable Agriculture, a Google spinout, is bringing AI to crop breeding
Science & technology | AI in the field

Heritable Agriculture, a Google spinout, is bringing AI to crop breeding

By reducing the cost of breeding, the firm hopes to improve yields and other properties for an array of important crops

When Norman Borlaug moved to Mexico in 1944, 60% of the wheat consumed in the country was imported. The government wanted to produce enough of the staple domestically to meet demand, so with money from the Rockefeller Foundation it had started the Cooperative Wheat Research and Production Program, and asked Borlaug to lead it.

Drainage canals (linear features that drain into a small meandering river) seen from above.

A sophisticated civilisation once flourished in the Amazon basin

How the Casarabe died out remains a mystery

Boom Supersonic makes aviation history as XB-1 breaks the sound barrier.

Could supersonic air travel make a comeback?

Boom Supersonic’s demonstrator jet exceeds Mach 1


A person's silhouette made up from a mix of multi coloured fragments of plastic

Should you worry about microplastics?

Little is known about the effects on humans—but limiting exposure to them seems prudent


Wasps stole genes from viruses

That probably assisted their evolutionary diversification

America’s departure from the WHO would harm everyone

Whether it is a negotiating ploy remains to be seen