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#127: Pig hearts transplanted into dead people; James Webb Space Telescope gives best-ever view of the universe; boosting wheat genetics to feed the world

The world, the universe and us

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The World Could Double Its Wheat Production

The world could double its wheat production by genetically tweaking the crop to better suit the different places where it's grown. And we're expecting more than ten billion people on the planet in a roughly 60 years time. So we need to find to grow much more food, and and preferably to do it without cutting down many more of he vital wild lands thatwere hoping our biodiversity can cling on in.

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