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A Blood Sample From A Late Composer Is Powering A Musical Experiment

There's a new musical work that is, maybe, kind of, sort of from a composer who’s been gone for several years.

Yuan Longping Developed The Rice That Fed Millions

Yuan Longping, born today in 1930, was known as the Father of Hybrid Rice, and his work saved countless people from famine and starvation. Here's more of his story.

A Little Electricity Might Help Heal Our Wounds

Welcome to the world of electroceuticals! That's the word for treatments that involve electricity, and a new study finds steady current applied to wounds can actually get healing agents to the site more quickly.

Getting All Our Robot Ducks In A Row

In Japan, there's a little white robot swimming through rice fields, imitating a duck! It's actually helping to grow the rice by aerating the water and stopping weeds from growing.

Basmati and baby

He kept sliding toward his right. So we picked up some basmati rice for balance (and flavor!)