
How a Genetic Breakthrough Could Address Global Hunger
Big Brains
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Food production is responsible for about a third of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. Almost a billion people around the world don't have enough food to eat. But in a potentially world changing discovery, scientists found a way to manipulate r n a to boost crop production by a lot. This may hold part of the key to our food shortage problem.
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