Developing World Needs Farming Innovation to Ease Poverty, Says Gates’ Official Rob Horsch

Those who care about the poor must also care about agriculture and how to expand the use of innovative farming technology in the developing world, a top official of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said recently at AAAS. 

By AAAS, USA.

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Developing World Needs Farming Innovation to Ease Poverty, Says Gates’ Official Rob Horsch

Those who care about the poor must also care about agriculture and how to expand the use of innovative farming technology in the developing world, a top official of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said recently at AAAS. 

By AAAS, USA.

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Leshner, Chameides: Fear and Ideology Should Not Trump Climate Science in North Carolina

Too many people still refuse to accept the scientific facts about global climate change, a point reflected in the recent decision of North Carolina’s legislature to disregard projections of sea-level rise, AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner and Duke University’s William L. Chameides write 1 Aug. in The (Raleigh) News & Observer. .

By AAAS, USA.

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AAAS Briefing: Links Between Poverty, Brain Development Raise Key Policy Issues

Well before young children arrive for the first day of school, their brains have undergone an extraordinary process of development. At birth, the brain weighs about 400 grams and has 100 billion neurons. By the age of 2, at 1100 grams, it is about 80% the size of an adult brain. At some early stages of development, the brain is adding up to a half-million neurons per minute, and by age 3, it in will have 1000 trillion neuron connections. .

By AAAS, USA.

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